Posted on 05/19/2016 4:17:20 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
The chairman of the top House investigative panel introduced a measure Wednesday to censure IRS Commissioner John Koskinen -- and remove him from office without a pension -- in the latest bid by Republicans to pressure him into being more cooperative in their probe of the 2013 IRS targeting scandal.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is seeking Koskinen’s resignation or removal for what he calls an alleged “pattern of conduct inconsistent with the trust and confidence placed in him as an officer of the United States.”
If censured, Koskinen, who became commissioner in 2013, would also forfeit his government pension and other federal benefits.
House Republicans are upset with what they consider Koskinen's failure to cooperate with their investigation of Lois Lerner and other IRS officials who targeted for additional scrutiny conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.
Chaffetz on Wednesday cited a long list of grievances in calling for the censure -- including Koskinen allegedly lying under oath, allowing “key evidence” to be destroyed by failing to comply with a subpoena and not preserving backup computer tapes that contained as many as 24,000 missing Lerner emails, allegedly destroyed by a computer malfunction.
“Koskinen must be held accountable for his misconduct,” Chaffetz said in a statement. “I am committed to using every tool at my disposal to hold Mr. Koskinen responsible for his offenses.”
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Correct!
All of it leads right back to the Leadership of BOTH PARTIES, Just another Dog and Pony show with a guarantee of NO Results when it is all over.
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WHY THE HELL wasn’t this done last Year!!!!!
It wasn’t an election year.
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Close the thread, we have a winner!
Man, that’s a lot of ‘pieces of shit’; course, we’re talking about govt /s
THIS is one of the reasons I’m hopefully optimistic re: Trump’s announcement for the DoJ/etc.
I can see the falling bodies if he announces he’s tossing out the lot and having XYZ start prosecuting on day 1.
True.
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