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No apologies: Lerner breaks silence, says 'not sorry' over role in IRS scandal
FoxNews.com ^ | 9-22-2014 | FoxNews.com

Posted on 09/22/2014 8:30:45 AM PDT by servo1969

Lois Lerner, the central figure in the IRS scandal, is breaking her silence in an unapologetic interview where she says she's not sorry and maintains she “didn’t do anything wrong” -- despite widely documented evidence that her division targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny.

The former head of the tax-exempt unit, speaking with Politico, gave her first media interview since the scandal broke 16 months ago. She has twice refused to answer questions before Congress, but used the interview to publicly assert her innocence.

"I know I did the best I could under the circumstances and am not sorry for anything I did," Lerner said.

Lerner, who resigned amid the scandal, spoke at length with Politico, which also spoke to about 20 coworkers and friends in a comprehensive, 3,837-word story on Lerner and the events around the scandal. The profile-style piece at times paints her in a sympathetic light, including personal anecdotes ranging from how she baked brownies for staff to how she put her babysitter's son through college.

However, Lerner, who was joined in the interview by her corporate lawyer husband, Michael Miles, and two personal lawyers, is not quoted extensively in the piece. Her on-the-record comments mainly address her claims that she simply was doing her job and has no regrets.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 113th; bho44; bhoirs; irs; irsscandals; lerner; lois; loislerner; obama; scandals; teaparty
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She is a True Believer who thinks all those people got exactly what they deserved.
1 posted on 09/22/2014 8:30:45 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: servo1969

Why isn’t she in jail?


2 posted on 09/22/2014 8:33:11 AM PDT by Ray76 (We must destroy the Uniparty or be destroyed by them.)
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To: servo1969
personal anecdotes ranging from how she baked brownies for staff to how she put her babysitter's son through college.

So?
I'm sure Hitler was nice to his dog.
Who gives a *?

3 posted on 09/22/2014 8:33:46 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: Ray76

Exactly! How come she hasn’t been read her rights and charged!


4 posted on 09/22/2014 8:34:42 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Some people say that experts agree!!)
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To: servo1969

“didn’t do anything wrong”

Neither did the guards and commandants at Nazi death camps. They were just following orders, remember...


5 posted on 09/22/2014 8:35:02 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: servo1969

Exactly. If they really wanted to make news, they should have asked her if she believes that Tea Party organizers and other conservatives should be put in jail and have their property confiscated. She would have said yes.


6 posted on 09/22/2014 8:35:12 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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Go to hell Lois


7 posted on 09/22/2014 8:38:09 AM PDT by gwgn02
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Exactly! How come she hasn’t been read her rights and charged!

Because this is all taking place in the political arena. A federal grand jury would give her puckerstring a tug.
8 posted on 09/22/2014 8:38:20 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: servo1969

We are paying mid level civil servants enough that they can pay for their babysitters kids education.

Something wrong with this picture.


9 posted on 09/22/2014 8:40:19 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: servo1969

Why should she be sorry, lawlessness and treasonous behavior is a badge of honor for the communist democrats.


10 posted on 09/22/2014 8:43:15 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: servo1969

I come back to my original question.

Okay, Lois, if you didn’t do anything wrong, what exactly were you apologizing for in that speech that started all of this?


11 posted on 09/22/2014 8:44:48 AM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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“didn’t do anything wrong”

I was watching an nfl game sunday. a receiver came down with both feet clearly in bounds. he was right in front of the opposing sideline but even though it was clear, the opposing coaches kept pointing and jumping up saying he was out. he was ruled in bounds.
why were they screaming he was out of bounds when it was clear he was in? bias makes you see things differently.
same for lerner, she’s a Marxist and sees things thru that lens.


12 posted on 09/22/2014 8:45:03 AM PDT by willywill
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To: servo1969


13 posted on 09/22/2014 8:48:19 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("If you want to test a man's character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln)
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‘The profile-style piece at times paints her in a sympathetic light, including personal anecdotes ranging from how she baked brownies for staff to how she put her babysitter’s son through college.’

Hitler was known to be a very gregarious host and a very kind person to those close to him. He was known to weep openly when one of his dogs became sick or died. What of it, he was an evil prick too.

14 posted on 09/22/2014 8:49:23 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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It’s Holder an company. The whole bunch probably have an obama ‘get out of jail free’ writ.


15 posted on 09/22/2014 8:49:28 AM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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To: servo1969

Beet me to it!


16 posted on 09/22/2014 8:49:51 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: servo1969

Bitch can’t keep track of emails, yet demands access to your bank accounts!


17 posted on 09/22/2014 8:50:20 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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To: servo1969

shriveled-up old ugly-a$$ lerner should be in jail.


18 posted on 09/22/2014 8:51:41 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Ray76

Because she is being protected by Obama and Holder. They have issued a get out of jail free card to her.


19 posted on 09/22/2014 8:53:07 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: servo1969

She truly believes that she hasn’t done anything wrong. In her mind, it is just fine for liberals to use the power of the government to punish opponents.


20 posted on 09/22/2014 8:54:06 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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