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BREAKING: Justice Department: No criminal charges for ex-IRS official Lerner
Fox News ^ | 10.23.2015 | AP via Fox News

Posted on 10/23/2015 12:04:18 PM PDT by dware

The Justice Department is declining to bring charges against Lois Lerner, the former IRS official at the center of a political controversy over the processing of applications for tax-exempt status.

Federal prosecutors announced their decision Friday in a letter to members of Congress.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dojcorrupt; fridaynewsdump; lerneremails; obamalerner
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To: dware
So, can individuals or organizations file a suit against her?

Any FR legal experts?

101 posted on 10/23/2015 2:39:10 PM PDT by SMM48
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To: dware

When the SHTF, she should be near the top of everyone’s list for retribution.


102 posted on 10/23/2015 2:40:34 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Obama's Iran nuclear deal - The Devil is in the details.)
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To: SMM48
Nope she has Federal immunity as employee

That is why not giving her immunity ( was that Gowdy? ) was so dumb.

103 posted on 10/23/2015 2:41:31 PM PDT by scooby321
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To: cyberbo2004
Obama will have pardons ready to go on Jan 19.

Fortunately, none of these criminals have been convicted of their crimes yet, so HomObama can't pardon them. I say wait until he's gone (if he goes), and then prosecute every damn one of them in DOJ, the administration, IRS, State Department and lock them up for life.
104 posted on 10/23/2015 2:45:21 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Obama's Iran nuclear deal - The Devil is in the details.)
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To: Little Ray

+1


105 posted on 10/23/2015 3:06:04 PM PDT by chasio649 (The GOPe can never seem to remember who brought them to the dance)
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To: DiogenesLamp

If we could vote on all the deserving cases in this administration to receive prison terms,I would vote early & as often as possible.


106 posted on 10/23/2015 3:08:26 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: Little Ray
After all, if an outgoing Administration cannot safely leave office without facing prosecution policies, no matter how criminal, there cannot be an orderly and lawful transfer of power and civil war will follow.

Is that how it worked with Iran Contra prosecutions?

107 posted on 10/23/2015 3:09:47 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: SMM48

A lot of the Iran/Contra prosecutions/indictments came will after Reagan left office. Trump still can prosecute when he gets in.


108 posted on 10/23/2015 3:29:44 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Karl Spooner

Ollie North was tried in 1988. Reagan was still in office then. So Ollie North was prosecuted by the Reagan DoJ. And Reagan was followed by another (sort of) Republican administration, Bush I.
But the Clinton Administration that followed Bush I did not further pursue it.
So yes, that is how it worked in the with Iran-Contra affair.


109 posted on 10/23/2015 4:08:10 PM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: Little Ray

You must be a dem to ignore the facts.


110 posted on 10/23/2015 4:12:08 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: dware

“The DOJ letter sent Friday said Lerner used “poor judgment” in using her IRS email account to send personal messages voicing “political views,” but said they found no evidence that she exercised her official authority at the IRS in a “partisan manner generally” or that political views influenced her actions with regard to the tax-exempt applications.”

Amazing that they can get away with that. Yes, she expressed her political views with her IRS email—and then consistent with those views systematically squelched the tax-exempt applications of those she disagreed with. But somehow she didn’t act in a “partisan manner generally”? Like maybe there was nothing pro-Obama about how she turned her computer on in the morning?

And what kind of a standard is that? “Yes, she’s guilty, but she wasn’t always doing guilty things, so we won’t charge her.”


111 posted on 10/23/2015 4:12:41 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: dware

The only question that remains is how soon will it be before the DOJ starts prosecuting the rest of us for being Saboteurs, Hooligans, Wreckers, Parasites, and Capitalist Bloodsuckers?


112 posted on 10/23/2015 4:18:04 PM PDT by Gritty (If you are intolerant, a racist or bigot (against Muslims) then find another state-Gov. Dayton, D-MN)
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To: 9YearLurker

You have to enter their warped mind to understand. They disagreed with the supreme court decision and because they are all knowing Gods they decided to use their federal positions to deny tax exempt status to organizations that support civil rights they disagree with. You see not all civil rights are civil rights. Only their definition of civil rights count.The remaining civil rights are “special interests” and evil.


113 posted on 10/23/2015 4:24:10 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: Little Ray
So Ollie North was prosecuted by the Reagan DoJ

No, he was prosecuted by that idiot "independent" prosecutor Larry Walsh.

114 posted on 10/23/2015 4:26:46 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Little Ray
You need to think a little further ahead.

And you need to look a little further back. Into History, when tolerating abuse encouraged more abuse.

If the outgoing Administration cannot release their hold on power without facing prosecution for their policies, however treasonous, then they will refuse to do so. This makes an orderly tranfer of power impossible.

I would very much like to see this administration declare that they aren't relinquishing power. I think it would be cathartic for the nation to witness what happens next.

Every election will become a potential civil war.

We are on the verge of a civil war now. What will reduce tensions is the belief that wrong doing will be punished despite legal technicalities. That the letter of the law will not protect you from violating the spirit of the law.

That our nation is just and moral and stands for something other than rich, well-connected people lining their own pockets with the power of government.

If this does not happen, we are lost anyways. Obama has ruled like a Hitler, (to the extent he thought he could get away with) and the next Democrat President will go further unless he has the example of what happened to the current one to dissuade his excesses.

115 posted on 10/23/2015 4:41:34 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: dware
Federal prosecutors announced their decision Friday in a letter to members of Congress.

Obama's little puppets announced they weren't going to torment his pet dog.

116 posted on 10/23/2015 4:42:44 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: dead
You’re imagining a world where that’s going to happen and you’re calling me “naive”?!

Donald Trump or Ted Cruz. Take your pick.

117 posted on 10/23/2015 4:44:33 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: oldtech
If we could vote on all the deserving cases in this administration to receive prison terms,I would vote early & as often as possible.

I think we can. It's a vote for Ted Cruz. I think Cruz will see to it that the right people are going to prison.

118 posted on 10/23/2015 4:46:02 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp
I think Cruz will see to it that the right people are going to prison.

Let me know when he says that, or any other candidate for that matter. Cruz, as of yesterday, is to timid to comment about Ryan being Speaker of the House. Not a good sign.

119 posted on 10/23/2015 4:54:15 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Karl Spooner
Let me know when he says that, or any other candidate for that matter.

If he says it now, he's a fool. This is the sort of thing you don't talk about because it will galvanize the opposition, perhaps result in desperate maneuvers and abuses by the Administration.

No, this is something you play very close to your vest. Something about which you breath a word to nobody until it's too late to stop you.

Cruz, as of yesterday, is to timid to comment about Ryan being Speaker of the House. Not a good sign.

Though I disdain pragmatism, I recognize it's necessity now and then. Cruz needs to keep his eye on the ball, and avoid any additional fights with party office holders and such that do not advance him towards his goal.

Have you noticed that he hasn't been criticizing Trump either?

Canny like a fox, that one.

120 posted on 10/23/2015 5:11:57 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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