Posted on 01/08/2014 3:19:54 PM PST by jazusamo
The Justice Department put an avowed political supporter of President Obama in charge of the criminal probe into the IRS’s targeting of tea party groups, according to top Republicans who said Wednesday that the move has ruined the entire investigation.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and subcommittee Chairman Jim Jordan said they’ve discovered the head of the probe is Barbara Kay Bosserman, a trial lawyer in the Justice Department who donated more than $6,000 to Mr. Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns, as well as several hundred dollars to the national Democratic Party.
“The department has created a startling conflict of interest,” House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and subcommittee Chairman Jim Jordan said in a letter, reviewed by The Washington Times, which was sent Wednesday. “It is unbelievable that the department would choose such an individual to examine the federal government’s systematic targeting and harassment of organizations opposed to the president’s policies.”
The IRS’s internal auditor revealed last May that the agency had been inappropriately targeting and blocking applications for tax-exempt status from tea party and conservative-leaning groups, and in the immediate aftermath Mr. Obama promised the FBI and Justice Department would investigate whether the IRS broke any laws.
Eight months later, the investigation has not produced any public findings, and Mr. Issa says they have stonewalled his efforts to find out what’s going on.
Ms. Bosserman didn’t respond to an email seeking comment. The Justice Department’s press office said it was looking into the letter.
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If I didn’t already know the federal government is corrupt top to bottom I would be outraged.
OK this is not even funny anymore...
Obama’s people thoroughly investigated themselves and found no wrong doing. End of discussion.
Wa-wa-wa Issa. Don’t rely on the Executive to investigate the Executive. Don’t be a dope.
NOT!
SOP......
We need to turn up them squawk-speakers to FULL BLAST!!
“Eight months later, the investigation has not produced any public findings, and Mr. Issa...”
Is the chief reason why.
We’re in a war.
But only one side is fighting!
That’ll be the only way we’ll get an honest investigation.
We should be burning down their buildings and hanging the bastards from light posts.
Gee, I never saw that one coming.
Well I feel a lot better. :-)
Ya. They have probably already written the report. They just need to sit on it for a couple of months and then have a press release.
Bastards!
The federal abuse of Ms. Engelbrecht detailed in the last paragraph of the article is stunning.
It’s pretty clear that the root cause of why the IRS investigation is going nowhere is that there is bi-partisan support for destroying the Tea Party.
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