Posted on 07/11/2014 2:01:36 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
A second federal judge has now ordered the IRS to explain under oath how the agency lost emails from former division director Lois Lerner, the woman at the heart of the Tea Party targeting scandal.
U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton told Obama administration lawyers on Friday he wants to see an affidavit explaining what happened with Lerner's hard drive. The IRS claims her computer suffered a crash in 2011 that wiped her email records at the time clean.
But at a hearing examining a lawsuit against the IRS by conservative group True the Vote, Walton said he wants to know what happened to Lerner's hard drive, which allegedly was recycled. He asked for an affidavit from those involved in handling the crashed drive.
The order is another boost for those questioning the agency's claims that many Lerner emails from that time period are not recoverable.
A day earlier, in a separate case brought by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan gave the tax agency 30 days to file a declaration by an "appropriate official" to address the computer issues involving Lerner.
In that case, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton alleged there "has been a cover-up that has been going on."
After the True the Vote hearing, group counsel Cleta Mitchell accused the IRS of playing a "shell game," by arguing that the plaintiffs could not prove any emails were lost.
True the Vote brought its case to court after facing multiple inquiries and extra scrutiny from the IRS, the FBI and other federal agencies.
True the Vote is now seeking a motion to speed up discovery and "preserve and prevent further destruction" of IRS emails and missing documents.
The group also wants a forensic expert to investigate how the emails were lost and examine...
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I don’t understand, why only an affidavit? why not live IRBaddies raising their hands testifying in an open courtroom like us peons?
I hope it wipes that smirk off of that man’s face.
The ‘hard drive’ is NOT the answer. Those e-mails are stored off site and in different places. When will someone ask the right questions? The hard drive is a red herring..................
You can't retire from the mob.
Obama has no reason to hide the emails does he? After all he promised us a transparent government .../s. most corrupt administration ever.
Satan might want to get more briquettes ready and enlargd his holding tank when this batch dies...
Don’t you know...this, probably, is going to lead to the GOPe colluding with the Dems to stifle the Tea Party.
This was a bipartisan crime, that’s why congress is sitting on their laurels, I suspect.
or the Jackar%s gang.
They are still in the discovery phase I believe.
“.......why only an affidavit? why not live IRBaddies raising their hands testifying in an open courtroom like us peons?”
That will happen. The court must follow the rules of civil procedure. It is a good thing. When you provide the court with an affidavit, you are essentially “married” to that document. Whatever statements are in it will be used against you at trial.
The bad news is, the IRS is scurrying to make sure they destroyed everything. EVERYTHING. That’s why True The Vote is asking for a shorter discovery period.
People will be going to jail. There is no turning back now. Pray this judge does not have an “accident.”
a 1971 Nixon appointee.. wow!
Make sure that what you tell Judge Sullivan is the same that you tell Judge Walton. I hope that helps.
Not a single democRAT cares about this scandal. The democRAT party deserves to be wiped off the face of the earth.
This was the other shoe people were saying was likely to drop.
They’re so dead to nailed on this conspiracy and coverup if some judges want to bring them to justice. I fear these judges will suddenly have a ‘change of heart’ and won’t go the distance.
No emails no taxes. Simple as that.
I hope that bitch Lerner does 20 years.
‘CLETA MITCHELL: JUDGE WALTON WANTS TO HEAR FROM THE IRS’
Cleta Mitchell writes to report on the hearing before Judge Walton today on True The Vote’s motion for an order addressing discovery issues with the IRS on the destruction of evidence. Cleta writes:
Here is the order from today’s hearing – -Judge spent 2 hours asking questions – the judge is requiring the IRS to start testifying under oath – by persons with direct knowledge and by the end of next week. It is not a bad outcome – pretty good in my view. And he said he’s going to rule on the Motions to Dismiss in the next 30 days. Keep fingers crossed!
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