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Justice Dept.: No criminal charges for ex-IRS official
AP ^ | October 23, 2015 | Eric Tucker

Posted on 10/23/2015 5:21:03 PM PDT by ExyZ

WASHINGTON (AP) — No IRS official would face criminal charges arising from the political controversy over the processing of applications for tax-exempt status, the Justice Department announced Friday. In a letter to members of Congress, the department said that while investigators had found "mismanagement, poor judgment and institutional inertia," there was no evidence of a crime. "We found no evidence that any IRS official acted based on political, discriminatory, corrupt or other inappropriate motives that would support a criminal prosecution," the letter stated. The department also announced that Lois Lerner, who headed the division that processes applications for tax-exempt status at the time, would not face any charges.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: irs; lerner; scandal
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"We found no evidence that any IRS official acted based on political, discriminatory, corrupt or other inappropriate motives that would support a criminal prosecution," the letter stated.
1 posted on 10/23/2015 5:21:03 PM PDT by ExyZ
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Then why did Lois Lerner plead the 5th, you-rocket-scientists-you over at the DOSJ? (Dept. of Selective Justice)

FULL!!! (F U Loretta Lynch)

2 posted on 10/23/2015 5:23:34 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

OK, people, what did you THINK would happen here? Seriously?


3 posted on 10/23/2015 5:25:07 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: ExyZ

And nobody believed me when I said Loretta Lynch was Holder on steroids...that said, it was long before I joined FR...maybe some of you folks would have agreed...


4 posted on 10/23/2015 5:26:05 PM PDT by Paleo Pete (I'm with the bomb squad. If you see me running, CATCH UP!)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

And, surprise, surprise, announced on Friday towards the end of the day. Tidy.


5 posted on 10/23/2015 5:26:05 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

She pleaded the fifth, then nullified her plea by continuing to talk.

This whole thing disgusts me.


6 posted on 10/23/2015 5:26:12 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (With the things that are about to come to light. People might just need a little old-fashioned.)
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To: The Antiyuppie
What the F do you think happen? Laws don't apply to the Ruling Class.

C'mon Jesus! Do it! Do it! Do it!

7 posted on 10/23/2015 5:26:36 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (I am going to get those guns out of peoples hands. - Hillary Clinton 10/05/2015)
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To: ExyZ

Lois Lerner for President!


8 posted on 10/23/2015 5:26:52 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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The Dept. of Injustice didn’t miss a beat when it was handed off by Holder to the corrupt flunkie who took over for him.

If Cruz becomes POTUS I hope he opens this back up, along with the Black Panther voter intimidation case from Filthydelphia.


9 posted on 10/23/2015 5:28:43 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: ExyZ

Was there ever any doubt that the fix was in?


10 posted on 10/23/2015 5:33:28 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
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Despicable, I won’t say what I want to say, but I’ll just say despicable.


11 posted on 10/23/2015 5:34:10 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: The Antiyuppie
UNEXPECTED

( just kidding )

12 posted on 10/23/2015 5:38:58 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: ExyZ

I would have only been surprised if lerner was prosecuted. Lynch should never have been confirmed in the frist place. Just another example of the supposed opposition party not being an opposition party at all.


13 posted on 10/23/2015 5:39:50 PM PDT by Cubs Fan ( liberalism=totalitarianism- http://thefederalist.com/2015/07/06/the-new-totalitarians-are-here/)
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“If Cruz becomes POTUS I hope he opens this back up, along with the Black Panther voter intimidation case from Filthydelphia.”

Good luck with that. Now that the decision has been made, I’m sure that everything is being destroyed/erased as I write this, “to make room for new cases, and to save the hard-earned money of the everyday US taxpayer”. Those Dems, always looking out for us.


14 posted on 10/23/2015 5:47:04 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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No justice for the Americans she targeted because of their political beliefs....


15 posted on 10/23/2015 5:48:29 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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Some animals are more equal than others. Just ask Dinesh D’Souza.


16 posted on 10/23/2015 5:53:26 PM PDT by Junk Silver
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We will NEVER get justice from this badly-named den of tyrants. A pox on them.


17 posted on 10/23/2015 5:54:46 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (AMERICA IS DONE! When can we start over?)
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To: ExyZ

Out on a casual neighborhood walk, Louis Lerner gets ambushed by jouralist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u88vMSbX_xA


18 posted on 10/23/2015 5:55:12 PM PDT by gaijin
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The lawlessness continues in 0banana Republic.


19 posted on 10/23/2015 5:59:53 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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Maybe Hillary will pick Lerner for VP.


20 posted on 10/23/2015 6:05:43 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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