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House Republicans call for special prosecutor on Tea Party targeting
The Hill ^ | 5/1/14 | Bernie Becker

Posted on 05/02/2014 1:28:10 PM PDT by Nachum

House Republicans plan to vote next week on a resolution that would urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the IRS’s improper scrutiny of Tea Party groups. In a statement announcing the vote, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Republicans have no faith in the investigation that is already being carried out at the Justice Department. “It is time for Attorney General Holder to appoint a special counsel to investigate the IRS targeting scandal and bring the appropriate charges against those responsible,” Cantor said in a statement. “This is far too serious a matter

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KEYWORDS: irs; prosecutor; special; tea
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1 posted on 05/02/2014 1:28:10 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

I called for this to be done a long time ago.


2 posted on 05/02/2014 1:29:34 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: Nachum

“urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the IRS’s improper scrutiny of Tea Party groups”


Might as well “urge” Obama, Pelosi, and Reid to resign.


3 posted on 05/02/2014 1:29:55 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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4 posted on 05/02/2014 1:30:16 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum

What kind of Special Prosecutor do they think Eric Holder will appoint?


5 posted on 05/02/2014 1:30:23 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Nachum

Fox...chicken...hen house...


6 posted on 05/02/2014 1:30:41 PM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: Nachum

Get Whitey Holder will do nothing.


7 posted on 05/02/2014 1:32:24 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: Nachum

Unfortunately a special prosecutor needs Eric Holder to do it.


8 posted on 05/02/2014 1:32:50 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: Nachum
FOR AN HONEST INVESTGATION AND PROSECUTION, SELCT



TO DO IT!

9 posted on 05/02/2014 1:34:55 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Nachum

ANOTHER SELECT COMMITTEE! If these geeks think that Holder would appoint anyone that would implicate him, they are kidding themselves.

What a bunch of dumb assholes.


10 posted on 05/02/2014 1:36:13 PM PDT by crz
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To: Nachum

Holder will tell them to get f’ed.


11 posted on 05/02/2014 1:36:41 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Why is Jon Corzine a free man?)
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To: SandRat

During Bush v Gore I stood in front of LA’s Federal Building with a sign to traffic which said, “DUTY HONOR COUNTRY”.

Some woman drove by and hollered, “Who’s paying you!”

Paying me? I wondered. The sign speaks for itself.


12 posted on 05/02/2014 1:45:11 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Nachum

Mitch McConnell will likely be implicated in this. lol.


13 posted on 05/02/2014 1:49:07 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: henkster

The GOPe doesn’t really mean it, they go through the motions, many months late and that’s it - a one day story in the conservative blogosphere and then its gone.


14 posted on 05/02/2014 1:49:59 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Nachum

The charges in the impeachment vote in the house should include using the irs and other agents to stifle political opponents and brnghazi


15 posted on 05/02/2014 1:51:07 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Nachum

Holder will get right on it.


16 posted on 05/02/2014 1:52:15 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: Proud2BeRight

He’ll get right on building his next stone wall.


17 posted on 05/02/2014 1:57:12 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: onedoug
That's the normal intelligence level for L.A. (”Lib A**”) Cal.
18 posted on 05/02/2014 2:02:38 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Nachum

Every one of these ‘phony’ scandals needs a whistleblower. A John Dean if you will. Is there anyone in this Admin that has any conscience left? Leon Panetta, would you like to clear your conscience and sleep better at night? That would blow open the Benghazi investigation, at least.


19 posted on 05/02/2014 2:10:50 PM PDT by originalbuckeye (Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
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To: MrB

Might as well urge the sun to become the moon.


20 posted on 05/02/2014 2:11:18 PM PDT by Luke21 (hicago)
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