Posted on 04/08/2014 4:43:03 PM PDT by jazusamo
Corruption: A House panel votes this week to formally ask the DOJ to pursue criminal charges against former IRS employee Lois Lerner. It is time someone in this administration were held accountable for something.
A staff report by House Oversight Committee chairman Darrell Issa reveals testimony by IRS agents that the IRS has not deliberately targeted progressive groups. Now comes word that the House Ways and Means Committee is sending a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder accusing former IRS director of tax-exempt organizations Lois Lerner of committing at least three crimes in the IRS's targeting tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.
That crimes have been committed and the Internal Revenue Service has become a corrupt criminal enterprise used to bludgeon political opponents of the Obama administration is hardly in dispute. The charge might have long ago been adjudicated had the Justice Department of Eric Holder, rife with its own very real scandals, not been politicized beyond all recognition.
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Hans Von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, says government officials can't pick and choose when and where they invoke their Fifth Amendment rights. They can't legally give information to the DOJ that they withhold from Congress.
"When Lerner gave a lengthy interview to the government, she waived the Fifth. There's no doubt about it," says Von Spakovsky. "The law is crystal clear here in the District of Columbia. That means when she showed up March 5, she was obligated to provide the same information."
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If they try to prosecute her, it will be years...They should grant her immunity and get the stuff out there NOW before th election.
5.56mm
Lerner should go to jail for this. She just flat out lied to Congress. I doubt it will ever happen, though.
I think if it were mentioned, all hell would break lose
One congressman mentioning it would release the dogs of hell on her.
Why wait for the DOJ to put her in jail. US MARSHALLS CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW. Here in the UP of michigan we have a closed prison that can be reopened just for federal prisoners like Lois Lerner, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
Here here... :-)
It is my understanding that Issa lacks the needed enforcement mechanism. Remember, Holder has been found in contempt of congress but a house committee can't do much besides issuing a "strongly worded" admonition.
Of course, I could be wrong................
IRS SCANDAL PING
She should be on TV.
Dancing With The Stars.
Dancing the Tyburn Jig.
Jill the bitch bump
IRS SCANDAL PING
That was made more complicated by the fact that Obamao exerted “executive privelege” on those requested docs involving Fast & Furious. So the whole mess is winding it’s way through federal DC courts.
IRS ABUSE PING
Guilty.
Well, LOL! , if Holder is in contempt but, suffers no consequence, then all this hand wringing is so much ado about nothing.
This administration will skate on every issue.
Ok, thank you! I’ll check the schedule..
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