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White House Claims IRS Computer Crash Story Is Really True
The Daily Caller ^ | 17 Jun 2014 | Neil Munro

Posted on 06/17/2014 8:18:26 AM PDT by mandaladon

White House spokesman Josh Earnest stonewalled reporters Monday, seeking an explanation for the administration’s Friday-night claim that a computer crash wiped out all the emails between IRS chief Lois Lerner and other agencies, including the White House.

“You’ve never heard of a computer crashing before?” Earnest told a reporter during a brief press gaggle while flying back to D.C. from President Barack Obama’s fundraising trip to California.

“A good faith effort has been made” to find the missing emails, he said.

Skepticism about the administration’s claim is “indicative of the kinds of conspiracy that are propagated around this story,” Earnest scoffed.

The claimed loss of emails have evoked much ridicule from GOP leaders, who argue that normal computer networks store backups of emails. “Ridiculous. #WH has to get serious,” reads a tweet from Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican Party.

From 2010 onward, Obama’s IRS officials used their tax power to cripple fundraising and advocacy at many Republican-leaning tea party groups before the 2012 election.

IRS official Lois Lerner played a central role in the suppression effort, but has refused to explain how the scheme began, and if the White House was involved.

Administration officials promised to send copies of Lerner’s emails to House GOP investigators. But they now say they have no copies of her messages to and from senior officials in other agencies, because her computer crashed.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gettherope; impeachnow; irs; irsscandals; irsteapartyscandal; lerner; lerneremails; loislerner; obama
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The story “is entirely reasonable because it’s true and it’s a fact,” Earnest said.....................If you say so...
1 posted on 06/17/2014 8:18:26 AM PDT by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

Only someone stupid enough to vote for Obama would believe this crap.


2 posted on 06/17/2014 8:19:25 AM PDT by mandaladon (To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful an)
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Had ENOUGH Yet ?


3 posted on 06/17/2014 8:19:50 AM PDT by S.O.S121.500 (Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights ......... It's the LAW !!!)
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To: mandaladon
“A good faith effort has been made” to find the missing emails, he said.

IOW, he looked in the desk drawer................

4 posted on 06/17/2014 8:19:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
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To: mandaladon

Provide full documentation and forensics to confirm the emails were lost.

Otherwise everyone involved should be charged.

This sets a disgusting precedent and people cannot stand for it!


5 posted on 06/17/2014 8:20:37 AM PDT by varyouga
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To: mandaladon

The White House is really telling you that they DESTROYED THE EMAILS on ALL Computers/Servers


6 posted on 06/17/2014 8:20:48 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: mandaladon

The obama Administration:

Not even a smidgeon of corruption.


7 posted on 06/17/2014 8:20:51 AM PDT by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: S.O.S121.500

We should have stopped him at t he dinner roll.


8 posted on 06/17/2014 8:22:18 AM PDT by Principled (Obama: Unblemished by success.)
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To: mandaladon

If it is a true story then the IRS deliberately set up a system that deletes evidence. Defund it, now.


9 posted on 06/17/2014 8:22:42 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: mandaladon

This press parrot is even worse than Jay Carney, because this one enjoys lying to the reporters.


10 posted on 06/17/2014 8:22:57 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: mandaladon

Emails are on the senders and receivers computer. Lets not be stupid. Then there are two more parties...the service providers.


11 posted on 06/17/2014 8:23:15 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: mandaladon

so they should subpoena all the RECIPIENTS of the email, suspected and known both.

And if anyone seriously thinks that those emails are not on a backup server somewhere, they are deluded. What, the NSA gives witches a bye?


12 posted on 06/17/2014 8:23:32 AM PDT by blu
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To: mandaladon

Wouldn’t the emails be on the sending end server as well as the receiving end server?


13 posted on 06/17/2014 8:23:53 AM PDT by babygene ( .)
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To: mandaladon

Yeah Michael Hasting’s steering wheel turned and the vehicle sped up because he was high at the time. The fact that he was working on a story on CIA director, John Brennan, had absolutely nothing to do with it.


14 posted on 06/17/2014 8:23:54 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: varyouga
Provide full documentation and forensics to confirm the emails were lost.

Actually that's what they want us to do - to ask for something else. They will then delay forever on that.

Just put people in jail and stop their paychecks. That's what they would do.

15 posted on 06/17/2014 8:24:00 AM PDT by Principled (Obama: Unblemished by success.)
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To: mandaladon

Jail Lerner. Jail Lerner. Jail Lerner.
Jail Lerner. Jail Lerner. Jail Lerner.
Jail Lerner. Jail Lerner. Jail Lerner.
Jail Lerner. Jail Lerner. Jail Lerner.
Jail Lerner. Jail Lerner. Jail Lerner.
Jail Lerner. Jail Lerner. Jail Lerner.

Giver her a summer vacation in jail to think it over.

If she needs more time give her Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Years.

And when the new Congress begins, jail her. Jail her until she complies.


16 posted on 06/17/2014 8:24:13 AM PDT by Ray76 (True change requires true change - A Second Party ...or else it's more of the same...)
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To: mandaladon

Earnest said with earnest.


17 posted on 06/17/2014 8:25:00 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: mandaladon

So, sensitive government computers do not have backup drives?

What’s the next whopper they’ll come up with?


18 posted on 06/17/2014 8:26:00 AM PDT by Deo volente (God willing, America shall survive this Obamanation.)
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To: mandaladon

Sharyl Atkisson had a great blog about what the Republicans should ask for, in detail, from the regime about this “crash.” It completely destroys this “computer dog ate my homework” sham.

She is one very bright lady and I wish all journalists had half of her dedication to the pursuit of truth.


19 posted on 06/17/2014 8:26:15 AM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: mandaladon

If the White House is making this claim, then I know beyond all doubt that it is a lie.


20 posted on 06/17/2014 8:26:25 AM PDT by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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