Posted on 07/17/2013 11:07:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Justice Department refused to act after being presented with evidence that a government official had "willfully" accessed private tax documents, it was reported Tuesday.
The evidence against the person was laid out in a letter from J. Russell George, the Internal Revenue Service inspector general.
He told top Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley he did not know why Justice had not acted, The Washington Times reports.
"We presented evidence of a willful unauthorized access to the Department of Justice, but the case was declined for prosecution," George wrote in a letter to Grassley.
George said there was evidence of three other cases of government officials accessing tax documents since 2006, but that all three appeared to have been inadvertent. His department suggested that one of those cases not be prosecuted, and the Justice Department agreed, he said.
Now Grassley, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is looking for answers.
"The public needs to know whether the decision not to prosecute these violations was politically motivated and whether the individuals responsible were held accountable in any other way," he told the Times.
Grassley has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to explain before July 26 why his department chose not to prosecute the case.
"The Justice Department should answer completely and not hide behind taxpayer- confidentiality laws to avoid accountability for its decision not to prosecute a violation of taxpayer-confidentiality laws," he said.
In his July 12 letter to Holder, the Iowa Republican wrote, "Although this may not be indicative of widespread targeting, any instance is cause for concern, the Times reported.
"Decisions such as these directly impact the political process and should be subject to the scrutiny of the American public," he added.
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Liberals always cover for one another, that is how they get away with so much.
Time for the Congress to act on its own.
The “most transparent administration in history” at work again.
Holder is going out of his way to put Zimmerman in jail while ignoring the targeted persecution of Conservatives...guess the DOJ is no longer representing all Americans just liberal Americans.
of course it was politically motivated.
erik holder
The guy who refused to prosecute criminals who blocked access to voting places.
The Ranking Minority Member is Republican Orrin Hatch of Utah. Grassley is the senior member...one in the same? Whatever...this committee should demand, not ask Holder to explain....Holder has lied before to them...Holder should be told to step down...he is a Racial Activist First, not doing his job for America, has broken his oath of office time and time again for his race. Fire the man!
It is scary how close they are in their predictions.
And we should never worry because of the safe-guards that NSA has.
Won’t it be ‘fun’ when the IRS also has our medical records!?
Not all that long after H. G. Wells wrote The Time Machine. Coincidence? I think not.
Congress: It is time for you to act and act together to keep America’s institutions and the rule of law from further frontal attacks.
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