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IRS Commissioner: We’re Not Investigating The Missing Emails Right Now (of course not!)
dailycaller.com ^ | 7/23/14 | Patrick Howley

Posted on 07/23/2014 11:41:50 AM PDT by cotton1706

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen revealed Wednesday that he is not speaking to any potential witnesses in the missing-emails case while his agency’s inspector general conducts his own investigation.

Koskinen claimed that IRS inspector general J. Russell George told him “not to do any further investigations or interviews” with employees pertaining to hard drive crashes, and that’s why he did not voluntarily provide a key witness to congressional investigators. But Koskinen later admitted that the inspector general never told him not to cooperate with Congress.

The IRS has been nominally conducting its own internal investigation into the IRS conservative targeting scandal since 2013, but that now appears to be over.

Koskinen’s statement stunned Republican lawmakers at a morning House Oversight and Government Reform investigations subcommittee hearing chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan, who stated, “It has taken subpoenas to get people to talk.” Jordan called Koskinen’s statement “not accurate,” citing IRS prep sessions with employees who get interviewed by Congress to prove that the IRS is still talking to potential witnesses.

South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy grilled Koskinen on his remarks, asking him that if sexual harassment or racial discrimination occurred “you would wait until the IG investigated” before asking around about it.

“There is nothing about an ongoing IG investigation that would prevent you from doing your job,” Gowdy said. “There is nothing talismanic about an IG investigation…You could do a dual investigation.”

Koskinen claimed ignorance on several different fronts.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: irs; jimjordan; koskinen; loislerner; scandal; treygowdy

1 posted on 07/23/2014 11:41:50 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

An “ongoing” internal IRS investigation by its Inspector General trumps CONgre$$ and its own ongoing pea and shell show.

OK,, got it.


2 posted on 07/23/2014 11:43:54 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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One shell no pea.


3 posted on 07/23/2014 11:44:24 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: cotton1706
Silly.

We're investigating YOU!!!

4 posted on 07/23/2014 11:45:23 AM PDT by PapaNew (Freedom always wins the debate in the forum of ideas)
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To: cotton1706

We are not investigating right now because Phudeaux is at the vet having the Hard drive surgically removed from his belly.
5 posted on 07/23/2014 11:48:08 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: cotton1706

The Republicans are far more interested in keeping their seats than they are in stopping Obama from attacking conservatives. They think he’ll stop there.


6 posted on 07/23/2014 11:50:44 AM PDT by hometoroost
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To: cotton1706
IF congress has authority to investigate, well then investigate.

Congress has to use it's authority to the fullest to get the attention of the administration. When they do that the administration will resist.

There are going to be some bruises on both sides. That is how you clear things up.

What congress is doing with Obama is what Obama is doing with the middle east. A lot of speeches, a few threats, couple of red lines and then repeat.

7 posted on 07/23/2014 11:55:29 AM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: NormsRevenge

IG is investigating right under the picture of former Americorps IG Walpin.


8 posted on 07/23/2014 12:01:04 PM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: cotton1706

I hope they are reserving a nice orange jumpsuit for J.K.and a room without any sort of view in the Graybar hotel at Fort Leavenworth.


9 posted on 07/23/2014 12:07:33 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: cotton1706

“Koskinen’s statement stunned Republican lawmakers”

He stuned their beebers, so we know they’re still alive.


10 posted on 07/23/2014 12:19:02 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Don Corleone

I’m sorry! I can’t help it! Everytime I see the guy’s name, I’m reminded of the interview in which the interviewee kept referring to him as Mr. Kokskin!


11 posted on 07/23/2014 12:20:06 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: cotton1706

Why investigate when you know you have destroyed the evidence, and have been busy making phony tapes to pass on to congress.
He’s busy with getting the democrats all on the same page as well as the party’s friends in the media.
Got to put an end to these pesky hearings. You’ll see their work soon.


12 posted on 07/23/2014 12:22:31 PM PDT by reefdiver (Be the Best you can be Whatever you Dream to be)
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To: cotton1706

All Kabuki theater. Nothing will come of this, no one will be held accountable and the regime will continue their oppression.


13 posted on 07/23/2014 1:06:44 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where?)
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To: Eagles6

Liars lie. This degenerate will last until retired on a cushy pension. The only hope is that Justice finds him sometime and someplace (Judicial, of course).


14 posted on 07/23/2014 2:29:30 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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