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GOP: Justice Department pushed Lois Lerner to help build criminal case against nonprofits
Washington Examiner ^
| 5/22/14
| Susan Ferrechio
Posted on 05/22/2014 4:06:54 PM PDT by Nachum
Republicans on a House oversight panel say the Justice Department asked former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner in 2010 to help them build criminal cases against nonprofit groups conducting political activity.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and subcommittee chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, have requested an interview with Jack Smith, who heads the Justice Department's Public Integrity Unit, after a subordinate revealed the department meetings with Lerner in a closed-door interview.
“The Justice Department convened a meeting with former IRS official Lois Lerner in October 2010 to discuss how the IRS could assist in the criminal enforcement of campaign-finance laws against politically active nonprofits,” Jordan and Issa said in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder. “This meeting was arranged at the direction of Public Integrity Section Chief Jack Smith.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ag; corruptholder; doj; ericholder; holder; irs; irsteapartyscandal; lerner; loislerner; teaparty
Was Eric the Red in the room?
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posted on
05/22/2014 4:06:54 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
05/22/2014 4:07:10 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
To: Nachum
Stop “requesting” interviews. Start air dropping subpoenas by the bushel basket.
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posted on
05/22/2014 4:10:30 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Nachum
The commissars do what is necessary for Dear Leader Obama. Fear not Comrade Lerner. There will be no trials. Unless.......
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posted on
05/22/2014 4:28:50 PM PDT
by
allendale
To: Nachum
It's perfectly acceptable for Democrats to use the full force of government against their political opponents when they are in power.
The only time it is wrong is when Democrats are not in power.
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posted on
05/22/2014 4:28:57 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
To: Nachum; LucyT; WildHighlander57; maggief; null and void; crosslink; Liz
Smith? How many will come forward hoping for that million?
Drip drip plop!
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posted on
05/22/2014 4:29:02 PM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
To: Nachum
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posted on
05/22/2014 4:30:27 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Nachum
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posted on
05/22/2014 4:52:51 PM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: Nachum; Admin Moderator
Suggest this go to Breaking News.
-Olde
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posted on
05/22/2014 4:53:45 PM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: Nachum
“The Justice Department convened a meeting with former IRS official Lois Lerner in October 2010 to discuss how the IRS could assist in the criminal enforcement of campaign-finance laws against politically active nonprofits,” Jordan and Issa said in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder. “This meeting was arranged at the direction of Public Integrity Section Chief Jack Smith.”Almost a smoking gun. We need a few patriot civil servants to speak out.
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posted on
05/22/2014 4:57:29 PM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: Nachum
Eric has investigated himself and found himself innocent of everything.
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posted on
05/22/2014 5:08:38 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
To: Nachum
The Democrats, the DOJ, the IRS and all involved federal employees are part of a criminal enterprise. Whatever racketeering they need to engage in to preserve their power, they will engage in.
To: Nachum
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posted on
05/22/2014 6:05:30 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(If dems will "death panel" our vets they'll damn sure death panel the rest of us...)
To: Nachum
As long as Elijah Cummings wants to get to the bottom of this and make sure it never happens again, all is well.
To: Lurker
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posted on
05/22/2014 7:50:05 PM PDT
by
Graewoulf
(Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
To: Nachum
Our glorious, racist, corrupt “Just Us” department ?
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posted on
05/23/2014 10:16:56 AM PDT
by
jimt
(Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.)
To: jimt
Comrade, vwee specialze in “Just-Us”
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posted on
05/23/2014 11:21:11 AM PDT
by
Nachum
(Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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