Issa expands IRS investigation (Demands Fed Elections Commission contact with IRS)

CNN ^ | August 7, 2013 | Dana Bash and Alan Silverleib

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Rep. Darrell Issa's demand follows CNN report of contact between the IRS and FEC

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa demanded Wednesday that the Federal Election Commission turn over records of more than five years of communications with the Internal Revenue Service -- a move that significantly expands the California Republican's ongoing probe of alleged federal targeting of conservative groups.

In a letter to FEC Chairman Ellen Weintraub -- a Democrat -- Issa cited CNN reporting on Monday that raises "the prospect of inappropriate coordination between the IRS and the FEC about tax-exempt entities."

Among other things, Issa asked for records of all communications between the IRS and the FEC dating back to the start of 2008. He also requested records of any FEC discussions relating to tax-exempt applications or organizations since 2008.

The letter was co-signed by Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan, a prominent member of Issa's panel.

FEC vice-chair says email raises questions of improper contact with IRS

Iss'a letter came after Don McGahn, the vice chairman of the FEC and a Republican, told CNN that he saw an e-mail from an FEC investigator to Lois Lerner, the former head of the IRS division responsible for reviewing applications from various groups for tax-exempt status.

The investigator asked Lerner, herself a former FEC employee, to discuss the status of the American Future Fund, a conservative political advocacy group.

McGahn noted that after Lerner was contacted, the IRS sent a questionnaire to the American Future Fund.

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Last week, GOP congressional investigators disclosed several e-mails between Lerner and an FEC attorney inquiring about the status of both the American Future Fund and another conservative outfit, the American Issues Project.

Issa's letter identifies the FEC attorney as William Powers, an official in the commission's Office of the General Counsel.

[neodad]

What a phony scandal...

[Nachum]

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[VRW Conspirator]

Congressman Issa, a subpoena is nice but blood is more desirable.

[Iowa Granny]

Marking for a later read

[montag813]

Issa is a RINO phony. Nothing will come of this, just as with Fast and Furious. All bark, no bite, every second of it milked for publicity on social media. Issa has 10 people working FB and Twitter full-time for that purpose.

[TWhiteBear]

Th use of the word ‘inappropriate’ seems to be a tip off that this is just for show. ‘”the prospect of inappropriate coordination’ looks pretty wimpy, even for Republicans. With some ten millions disaffected Republican voters out in the wind, it will take a lot stronger action than wussy rhetoric to get them back to the polls.
TWB

[Appollo9919]

Ho-hum...wake me when someone gets held accountable and goes to jail.

[Hotlanta Mike]

TO be safe better start doing same with every federal agency under the executive branch...

[Soul of the South]

“Issa is a RINO phony. Nothing will come of this, . . . “

I agree. More going through the motions of being an opposition party instead of really accomplishing something. Issa is doing his job which is to tilt at windmills while Boehner, McConnell, McCain, Graham, and Cantor capitulate.

[Jane Long]

Issa is a RINO phony. Nothing will come of this, just as with Fast and Furious. All bark, no bite, every second of it milked for publicity

Hey, that sounds eerily similar to what I wrote and sent back to Issa on the recent fundraising mailer he sent me.

[Don Corleone]

He might as well investigate the whole damn District of Columbia. It is corrupt from one end to the other.

[unixfox]

Ho-hum...wake me when someone gets held accountable and goes to jail.

You're gonna be sleepin a while.

Me, I hope they all get a horrible disease and die a slow painful death. Naw, just let it kill them quick, better to rid the earth of them now than later.

[ridesthemiles]

God Bless Issa & please keep him active & safe.

[Winstons Julia]

Am I on your ping list? I would like to be. Thank you.

[kidd]

Issa had Eric Holder convicted of Contempt of Congress.

Issa now has Holder in civil court to get the F&F documentation released. Reportedly, Holder is not doing well in that court either.

I’m not sure what you are expecting from Issa. Put Holder in handcuffs himself? If so, then he has to start all over to get the documents released from the replacement DOJ head.

And how is Issa milking this for publicity? The only way to find out about the civil court case is from Issa’s own website...because the MSM certainly isn’t reporting on it.

[Ouderkirk]

I don’t know much arbout Issa, but it seems like he’s trying to get at something.

Fast & Furious is an impeachable/jailable problem for Holder and Obastard, as is most of the stuff that Obastard has done over the last 5 years.

Nothing seems to get any traction....zero. Except with us FReepers and a few others.

How is Issa supposed to operate with a media who is too busy licking Obastard’s arse to actually report his criminal behavior.