Posted on 09/08/2014 2:19:51 PM PDT by Kaslin
Surprise! The IRS claims it has lost emails belonging to even more employees embroiled in the scandal surrounding the targeting of conservatives. Guy covered the details of the newest revelations earlier today and the AP reported about the lost emails over the weekend.
The IRS says it has lost emails from five more workers who are part of congressional investigations into the treatment of conservative groups that applied for tax exempt status. The tax agency said in June that it could not locate an untold number of emails to and from Lois Lerner, who headed the IRS division that processes applications for tax-exempt status. The revelation set off a new round of investigations and congressional hearings. On Friday, the IRS said it has also lost emails from five other employees related to the probe, including two agents who worked in a Cincinnati office processing applications for tax-exempt status. The agency blamed computer crashes for the lost emails. In a statement, the IRS said it found no evidence that anyone deliberately destroyed evidence.
Attorney Cleta Mitchell, who is representing many tea party and conservative groups targeted by the IRS, isn't impressed and not surprised about the latest round of "lost" emails.
"I have gotten to the point where this is like one of those infomercials where they say 'wait, wait, there's more!' I mean just when you think you've heard it all, you find out more things about the IRS and frankly I think what Congressman Camp said is absolutely right that there is no way we are getting anywhere close to the truth about what happened and the DOJ has become, in my opinion has become complicit in trying to cover-up what's been going on. I think we have to have a special prosecutor if we are ever going to get to the bottom of it," Mitchell said in an interview with Fox News.
The IRS maintains that employees didn't destroy emails deliberately and continues to blame the loss of emails on a computer crash.
Watch Mitchell's entire interview below.
Mitchell and Englebrecht are National Treasures. Women who fight on the right side, and don’t sit down, ever.
IRS is completely politicized and completely corrupted and has completely lost its credibility.
It needs to be shut down.
Imagine you are among the IRS employees publicly identified by Lois Lerner a couple years ago. She blamed you for her felony offenses.
What would you do? I’d like to think I’d immediately consult a lawyer. Wouldn’t it be prudent to retrieve, collate and save every correspondence you had with political higher ups in DC?
I suspect the Cincinnati people have every bit of documentation necessary to defend themselves.
” suspect the Cincinnati people have every bit of documentation necessary to defend themselves”
Maybe. But you need to remember that the bureaucrats are political animals first & foremost. They could just as easily be engaged in a cooperative effort to stonewall the truth.
The questions as to whether any of the Cincinnati people have proof of who ordered what and when, and would they use it or stay loyal are probably being asked, not just here, but at the DOJ, the West Wing, the IRS, etc.—obviously, with very different reasons for concern than we have here.
Those orchestrating the cover up cannot know the answers any more than we do. They think they can contain this. But they’re betting the ranch on the unknowable.
Whatever is in the emails must be far,far worse than we imagine.
Very well said
I don’t get picture, what does President Bush have to do with this?
Well, since I have to explain it, I am sorry I posted to you and confused you.
Bush is looking like he is thinking "really?" or "duh!" !
If the Repubs gain control of the Senate the first piece of legislation should be stopping All funding for the I.R.S. until they either turn over ALL emails or Lerner and others arrested and charged with both Criminal and Civil law violations to be prosecuted by a Special Prosecutor.
Would Obama sign that bill?
No. Never.
Would the R’s have the muscle to override?
No. Nor the will.
So then you get the Media-hyped government shutdown. We know how that turns out.
I suggest impeaching Eric Holder. Take down Obamas point-man.
Lerner should be taken out and maimed.
This shouldn’t surprise anyone. The IRS has gotten away both the targeting and the “dog ate my emails” excuses with absolutely no consequences. They’ll keep doing it because they know they can get away with it.
And other agencies will follow suit; some already are.
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