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Darrell Issa: Lerner Definitely 'Broke Some Laws' on Emails
NewsMax ^ | 29 Jun 2014 | Sandy Fitzgerald

Posted on 06/29/2014 9:49:08 PM PDT by Cheerio

Former IRS official Lois Lerner had 30 years of experience and knew under the Federal Records Act that she had an obligation to preserve her copies of her emails, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa says, and "she broke some laws."

Investigators will never know if Lerner crashed her own computer, the California Republican told CNN's Candy Crowley on "State of the Union" Sunday, but the fact remains that the computer's hard drive has been destroyed and years worth of emails are gone and there is no documentation to prove they exist.

So far, around 20,000 of the emails have been retrieved through people she sent them out to and Issa said that investigators know from the discovery they got from those emails that Lerner broke regulations.

Lerner, said Issa, sent "1.1 million tax records over to the Department of Justice" many "including inappropriate or actually illegal disclosures, on behalf of conservative groups."

But Issa said nobody on his committee said Lerner deliberately crashed her own computer. Still, she knew the documents needed to be preserve.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: irs; obama
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To: MasterGunner01
" Put Lerner in an orange jump suit for 20 years (and the other IRS folks who “lost” theirs along with her)."

According to a Washington DC June 17, 2014 Associated Press story by Stephen Ohlemacher, "On Tuesday, two key lawmakers said the IRS has also lost emails from six additional IRS workers whose computers crashed. Among them was Nikole Flax, who was chief of staff to Lerner's boss, then-deputy commissioner Steven Miller."

Quite a coincidence isn't it? Why are these congressmen pussy footing around? It's time to frog march the swamp critters to hell.

61 posted on 06/30/2014 3:14:32 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: Cheerio

Democrats are Law-Less because Republican “leaders” are BALL-LESS!!!!!


62 posted on 06/30/2014 4:12:46 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Cheerio

Judicial Watch has been more effective than all the congressional committees in ferreting out corruption. If Republicans really wanted to get to the bottom of this, they’d steer some donors their way.


63 posted on 06/30/2014 4:16:32 AM PDT by IamConservative (If fighting fire with fire is a good idea, why do the pros use water?)
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To: jonrick46

The sheer, utter arrogance of Lerner, Flax, and Miller (to name but three) is absolutely stunning! These people need to be doing hard prison time. They’ve committed major FELONIES — but to a Democrat it’s just a resume enhancement.


64 posted on 06/30/2014 4:30:08 AM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: Deagle

“Lerner Definitely ‘Broke Some Laws’ on Emails”.

And you’re doing WHAT about it? Charges pending? Jail Time? We are waiting.........


65 posted on 06/30/2014 6:39:31 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Cheerio

I’m as confident that Attorney General Eric Holder will get right on Lois Lerner’s obvious crime as I am that Obama is working to make America more free and prosperous.


66 posted on 06/30/2014 6:43:29 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: kalee
How many broken laws does it take before Issa and Congress do something about it? I am tired of talk.

With you all the way on that .....

67 posted on 06/30/2014 7:31:50 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Mr_Moonlight

CC ate the emails...


68 posted on 06/30/2014 7:40:35 AM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: Cheerio

Let her sit in jail for a while - it might improve her memory.


69 posted on 06/30/2014 7:41:36 AM PDT by GOPJ (Why no outrage over IRS targeting? Same reason Pravda didn't make a stink about gulags.FREnterprise)
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