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Trey Gowdy: IRS' Lerner to be Held in Contempt of Congress Soon
NewsMax ^ | 3-26-2014 | Greg Richter

Posted on 03/26/2014 5:54:48 PM PDT by smoothsailing

March 26, 2014

Trey Gowdy: IRS' Lerner to be Held in Contempt of Congress Soon

Greg Richter

Former IRS official Lois Lerner will be held in contempt of Congress "in the very near future," Rep. Trey Gowdy told Fox News on Wednesday.

The South Carolina Republican sits on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, and told "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren" that he wants to see an end to the delay in providing subpoenaed emails from Lerner over the targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.

IRS Chief John Koskinen was grilled Wednesday by the committee over his agency's failure to produce the emails. Koskinen said it could take years to comply with the committee's request.

"All we want are the emails to or from Lois Lerner. I'm not talking about private taxpayer information," Gowdy told Van Susteren.

"Just emails like the one she sent celebrating a Democrat victory in a special election, calling on the FEC to save the day – overtly political, nothing to do with her job. We'll just settle for those," Gowdy added.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: contemptofcongress; gowdy; gregrichter; impeachnow; irs; irsteapartyscandal; lernercontempt; loislerner; southcarolina; treygowdy
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To: smoothsailing

He would make a great Attorney General, not to mention a VP (or maybe eventually a Pres.) I think he would be more effective as an AG vs VP. But watching him debate would be fantastic.


81 posted on 03/27/2014 9:09:50 AM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a classical Christian approach to homeschool])
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To: smoothsailing
TALK...TALK...TALK!!! JUST DO IT!!!

The Democrats are Law-Less because Republican "leaders" are BALL-LESS!!!

82 posted on 03/27/2014 5:29:52 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: smoothsailing

Trey Gowdy is the real deal. Watch this and then click some of the related links on the right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lIWMghw9Yg


83 posted on 03/28/2014 6:08:26 AM PDT by Aegedius (Veni, vidi, icked-kay utt-bay.)
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To: Aegedius

Thanks for the link! Gowdy is as good as it gets. Lord, keep that man safe.


84 posted on 03/28/2014 9:26:19 AM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: MeshugeMikey

If you want a man to tell the truth get him drunk;>)


85 posted on 03/28/2014 8:08:06 PM PDT by RipSawyer
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