Posted on 04/20/2017 4:27:08 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Embattled ex-IRS executive Lois Lerner was in federal court last week, asking a judge to seal her forthcoming deposition due to the inflammatory nature of her testimony.
Lerner told the judge that if her actions at the IRS were to become public knowledge, she could face death threats from angry Americans – particularly those on the conservative side of the spectrum.
Lerner is well-known for her role in the IRS’s partisan targeting of Tea Party groups; under the Obama administration, the IRS singled out nonprofit groups with conservative, Tea Party-ish style names for extra scrutiny. Many of their cases lingered in limbo for years while the IRS pretended to review their applications. Ultimately, there came to be no denying that there was a systematic, political effort inside the IRS to make life as difficult as possible for groups seen as threats to Obama’s agenda.
Lerner and Holly Paz are scheduled to testify in a class action lawsuit against the IRS, which is being brought by 428 groups who were affected by the targeting scandal. But before the pair commit their testimony to record, they want assurances that what they say will never be read by the public.
Mss. Lerner and Paz have demonstrated that the public dissemination of their deposition testimony would expose them and their families to harassment and a credible risk of violence and physical harm,” their lawyer said in documents to the court.
Reportedly, the women have submitted evidence to the judge that shows they’ve already received threats couched in “graphic, profane, and disturbing language.”
No matter what the judge decides, the request itself has put the IRS scandal back in the headlines, and it comes at a time when Republicans want the Justice Department to re-open the case against Lerner. They say she deliberately obstructed the congressional investigation into the targeting and may have even contributed to it with her snide emails about Republicans.
If Lerner is so terrified about her actions coming to public light, that says it all. If she could reduce her perceived role in all this, she would shout her testimony from the highest mountain. Instead, she has wrapped herself in every layer of secrecy she can find. Either she’s protecting a certain someone higher on the food chain or she’s covering her own behind.
Knowing the Obama administration, we’re guessing it’s a little of both.
You did the “and...?”
when I was just agreeing with you.
What’s that quote about?
He’s as Elitist as they come.
This bitch needs public hanging.
Absolutely. And no hood over her filthy face.
If Issa wasn’t a fraud Lerner would be in prison.
This shows she Lois Lerner is guilty of some serious crimes.
Absolutely and of a high order.
HE certainly should know, being an Ambassador, CIA-chief and p_Resident !!!
OH-NO, she needs to be water boarded over and over !!!
As a former government employee myself I wanted to find mercy for her in my heart, but she was so obstinate and arrogant and uncooperative my heart froze over. Throw the book at her!
Is this a current trial and news story? Why haven’t I heard of it? Why isn’t this front page news? And why would anyone seal her words? Of all things this should be public.
I’ll bet James Comey DNC can’t find anything she did wrong, either. Or not enough wrong, just like Hillary.
BUMP!
Note she managers to tar conservatives with “violent intentions” toward her. Yes it’s because she targeted them - but I believe it’s also part and parcel of the “republicans are terrorists” meme that the dems use to justify their illegal activities.
HITLER LERNER RANT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAQRebZu2w4
HITLER LERNER RANT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAQRebZu2w4
I imagine John Dillinger couldn’t understand why the families of the people his gang murdered wanted him to pay for his crimes, either. She must be so confused.
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“Lerner told the judge that if her actions at the IRS were to become public knowledge, she could face death threats from angry Americans – particularly those on the conservative side of the spectrum. “
As they say in Russia: Toughsh*tske.
“That’s the Mussolini sneer.”
Well, you’ve heard the phrase, “wiped the sneer right off their face”...
http://www.custermen.com/ItalyWW2/ILDUCE/Mussolini.htm
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