”Your King and I have determined there is nothing to see here.
Move along, immediately, or you WILL BE audited."
Posted on 03/07/2014 4:06:29 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
So, Lois Lerner still won't talk about her role in the illegal targeting and harassment by the IRS of conservative and Tea Party groups seeking 501(c)(4) tax exemptions. Lerner appeared for a second time Wednesday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and claimed her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself. It isn't hard to figure out why Lerner's lips are sealed.
First, she knows the House of Representatives can cite her for contempt of Congress, but Attorney General Eric Holder would decide whether she is prosecuted on that charge. Lerner need not worry since President Obama has already told the world there wasn't “a smidgen of corruption” in the IRS actions, and Holder allowed a major Obama campaign contributor to have a role in Department of Justice's faux investigation of the scandal.
The second and far more revealing reason Lerner is being what the Mafia calls “a good soldier” is seen in the questions posed to her by Rep. Darrell Issa, the California Republican who chairs the oversight panel. For example, Issa noted that Lerner told a Duke University group in October 2010 that “everyone is up in arms” over the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision and that “the Federal Election Commission can't do anything about it. They want the IRS to fix the problem.” Lerner refused to answer Issa's request that she explain who was the “they” to which she referred or how they made clear their desire that the IRS “fix the problem.”
Similarly, Issa asked about her statement in a September 2010 email to subordinates in which she directed them to begin “a c4 project” and warned them that “we need to be cautious so it isn’t a per se political project.” Lerner refused to explain why she was worried that the project could be viewed as political. Then Issa asked her about a February 2011 email in which she said “Tea Party Matter very dangerous.” Lerner refused to say either what the Tea Party “matter” was or why she viewed it as “dangerous.”
Finally, Issa told Lerner that another IRS executive had told the oversight panel that she had ordered that Tea Party applications be subjected to a “multi-level review.” She refused to explain why she singled out Tea Party applications for such reviews.
These simple questions – each based on indisputable facts – establish that somebody outside of the IRS told her they wanted the tax agency to “fix” something involving groups seeking 501(c)(4) tax status, that she directed subordinates to begin a (c)(4) project she feared could be seen as “political,” that she viewed Tea Party groups as “dangerous,” and that she ordered that such groups be subjected to “multi-level review.” Those are the four essential points of the IRS scandal: Who ordered the tax agency to get involved, who in the tax agency responded, who they targeted and what actions they took. She cannot answer these questions because, as she herself has claimed, that would be incriminating. Lerner and others must hope Issa doesn’t already have the answers.
Outside the IRS & Inside the Whitehouse
She is protecting her bosses.
Imagine what she is thinking.
She has to toe the line and follow orders or else she might end up like Vince Foster or Ron Brown.
Not a good place for her to be. But she earned this.
She hitched her wagon to a bunch of power hungry evil people.
The administration correctly surmised the House granted Obama pigmentation immunity. I doubt the outrage exists that could force Boehner to put the public interest of our republic ahead of his personal interests.
The continued lack of substantive action from the GOP makes it easier for me every day to consider not voting this coming November. Elections increasingly serve to condone tyranny.
”Your King and I have determined there is nothing to see here.
Move along, immediately, or you WILL BE audited."
It surely ain’t Nixon she’s protecting.
Boehner is clearly compromised or in agreement with what Obama’s fellow travelers are doing. Until Boehner is removed as Speaker, the GOP is craven or complicit.
Don't fret about November. If you don't cast your vote, the DNC will find an illegal alien or a dead person to cast it for you.
Yeah now she'll wind up like Loretta Fuddy.
Bingo. You hit the proverbial nail on the head. I just wonder if she will allow herself to take the fall for whoever she is protecting? I know F butt Holder will never prosecute anyone, and even if he did, the Obungler would pardon them 5 minutes after a conviction.
LOL!
Yep, Obama and Holder wield their melanin mandates like a club, don't they.
I don't understand why Federal employees are granted rights granted to Private citizens. Vets know certain civil liberties are waived while serving - why not these clowns?
Turkey neck is protecting her boss. He sat idly by while bearded savages murdered Americans. His true love is for screaming bearded savages who murder gays in the cruelest manner.
[most screaming bearded savages have dark skin. therefore they are fully qualified as victims and can do no wrong]
It’s called “Omertà”
Why is she protecting Obama? What happens if she decides to talk? And what happens if she continues to stay silent?
Arrest her ad throw her in Gitmo. The IRS is a terrorist organization.
My guess: Valerie Jarrett, if you’re talking someone inside the White House. And by implication President Barack Obama.
Lois deserves the needle for crimes against the Republc.
There is no greater crime than destroying free speech and the various other election related rights. IRS tyranny must be punished by death.
that will be a cop out. If there are two candidates, a decision must ne made to discover the best. To not make the discrimanatory effort is to cop out
Hey O, did you watch those hearings on Wednesday? That was a real hoot wasn't it? Cummings was great. So was Lois. We're good. But we need to keep the pressure on at the IRS. Can't give those sneaky Tea Party types an inch. We have an election coming up if you didn't notice. (Laughs)
My guess: Lois will soon choke and croak.
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