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Lois Lerner's Blackberry deliberately destroyed after start of congressional probe: IRS lawyer
Fox News ^ | 8-26-14 | Doug McKelway

Posted on 08/26/2014 3:57:39 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

Lois Lerner’s Blackberry was intentionally destroyed after Congress had begun its probe into IRS targeting of conservative groups, a senior IRS lawyer acknowledged in a sworn declaration.

Thomas Kane, Deputy Assistant Chief Counsel for the IRS, wrote in the declaration, part of a lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch against the IRS, that the Blackberry was "removed or wiped clean of any sensitive or proprietary information and removed as scrap for disposal in June 2012."

That date - June 2012 - is significant because by that time, ex-IRS official Lerner had already been summoned before congressional staffers who interviewed her about reports of the IRS' targeting of conservative groups.

"We had already talked to her. Our personal staff and Oversight Committee staff had sat down with Ms. Lerner and confronted her about information we were getting from conservative groups in the state of Ohio and around the country," Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Fox News.

"If you intentionally destroy evidence, that is a crime. If you make a statement in court saying the evidence is not available and it is, that is also a crime," said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackberry; crime; irs; issa; jimjordan; jimjorden; judicialwatch; loislerner; obstruction; smidgen; transparency
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1 posted on 08/26/2014 3:57:39 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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This act is a crime, and must be investigated, prosecuted, and punished!


2 posted on 08/26/2014 3:59:40 PM PDT by Klemper
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I do believe that the destruction of evidence is a crime in and of itself.
Freegards
LEX


3 posted on 08/26/2014 4:00:44 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I do believe that the destruction of evidence is a crime in and of itself.
Freegards
LEX


4 posted on 08/26/2014 4:00:44 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I do believe that the destruction of evidence is a crime in and of itself.
Freegards
LEX


5 posted on 08/26/2014 4:00:45 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Where is John Boehner ?
Where is Mitch McConnell?


6 posted on 08/26/2014 4:01:04 PM PDT by tennmountainman (True conservatives don't like being rained on by their own party!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

That people haven’t already been indicted, and that this isn’t an ongoing major news story in every news outlet in the country, is depressing proof that we are way out of control as a nation. Finding our way back is going to be a daunting task.


7 posted on 08/26/2014 4:01:05 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Enough of this shit already.. arrest the bitch and her boss!!!


8 posted on 08/26/2014 4:01:07 PM PDT by ScottinVA (If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
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To: lexington minuteman 1775

Of course, this will be all uncovered and the sunlight will be finally able to disinfect it, in about 70 years or so.


9 posted on 08/26/2014 4:02:05 PM PDT by Klemper
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To: afraidfortherepublic

We have a winner! Lois Lerner, report to Cell Block B.


10 posted on 08/26/2014 4:03:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: Klemper
This act is a crime, and must be investigated, prosecuted, and punished!

No worries, Issa is on the job.    /s


11 posted on 08/26/2014 4:04:59 PM PDT by 867V309 (Don't tread on me, bro)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Lerner and Obama and Hillary are behind the
slavers and Hamas rockets and creation of
IS(IS) from “the rebels” they empowered.


12 posted on 08/26/2014 4:05:11 PM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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I am sure that Eric Holder and the Obama Justice Department will get right on entering an indictment for this criminal act.

...crickets.


13 posted on 08/26/2014 4:05:14 PM PDT by KC Burke (Gowdy for Supreme Court)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Here we have Rick Perry under indictment for the vaguest of accusations, and nothing filed in Lerner. Good God, act, Congress... ACT!!


14 posted on 08/26/2014 4:06:08 PM PDT by ScottinVA (If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
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To: Klemper
This act is a crime, and must be investigated, prosecuted, and punished!

I'm sure Eric Holder will get right on it.

15 posted on 08/26/2014 4:07:53 PM PDT by Maceman
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To: ScottinVA

arrest the bitch and her boss and the jackass they rode in on


16 posted on 08/26/2014 4:08:12 PM PDT by Brother Cracker ( Mossberg 500 helps me deal with being old and cranky)
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To: tennmountainman

They are on vacation. The fact that we have the Executive Branch lying to the Congress( Us the people) and lying to the Judges is one of the worst crimes of this Regime.


17 posted on 08/26/2014 4:08:14 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

The IDIOT Republicans don’t want to be like the Democrats (indicting Rick Perry) by seeming political. Never mind, unlike with Perry, the IRS issues are REAL CRIMES.

JAIL JAIL JAIL
NOW NOW NOW!


18 posted on 08/26/2014 4:09:34 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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To: Oldexpat

I know they are on vacation.
Can they not take an hour out of their vacation to make a statement on
camera?


19 posted on 08/26/2014 4:10:15 PM PDT by tennmountainman (True conservatives don't like being rained on by their own party!)
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To: tennmountainman

John is crying over nothing.

Mitch is celebrating the loses of the conservatives.


20 posted on 08/26/2014 4:10:18 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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