Posted on 07/23/2014 10:26:47 AM PDT by mandaladon
The head of the IRS confirmed Wednesday that investigators looking into missing emails from ex-agency official Lois Lerner have found and are reviewing "backup tapes" -- despite earlier IRS claims that the tapes had been recycled.
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, testifying before a House oversight subcommittee, stressed that he does not know "how they found them" or "whether there's anything on them or not." But he said the inspector general's office advised him the investigators are reviewing tapes to see if they contain any "recoverable" material.
The revelation is significant because the IRS claimed, when the agency first told Congress about the missing emails, that backup tapes "no longer exist because they have been recycled."
It is unclear whether the tapes in IG custody contain any Lerner emails, but Koskinen said investigators are now checking.
Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee first raised questions about the backup tapes on Monday, releasing a partial transcript from an interview with IRS official Thomas Kane. In it, Kane said "there is an issue" as to whether all the backup tapes were destroyed. Asked if they might still exist, he said he didn't know but "it's an issue that's being looked at."
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Sounds nice. Sounds like the way things used to happen before Barry Inc. took over federal government.
Hope it produces the truth.
Now if we could uncover the emails that prove Barry is a traitor.
“...he does not know “how they found them”.
He was told they could never be found.
I think the is maybe in reaction to the house cutting IRS budget drastically.
Coincidense or Not?
What does that mean? Hindu is not a language, anyway.
I expect a lot of bodies are going to be found in Ft. Marcy Park in the near future.
Yeah....drastic, I know.....I just can’t stand the unmitigated damned arrogance of these ghouls. It’s like a game to them where they know Hussein can always pardon them when they get tripped up and caught.
I think the is maybe in reaction to the house cutting IRS budget drastically. Coincidense or Not?
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It might have gotten their attention! :-)
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If Lerner’s emails are recovered, I would bet she will serve jail time. Facing jail Lerner might just tell all she knows. However, I’m not holding my breath that anything will happen.
Only applies to politicians.....People / voters are far ahead of the politicians in today's America.
-— the investigators are reviewing tapes to see if they contain any “recoverable” material. -—
Because it makes sense to allow the accused to sort through potential evidence before turning it over to an outside investigator.
bait and switch, we found them, erased them, and nope nothing recoverable..except the planted messages made to clear all..
These criminals are going to lie, cheat and steal to protect the big guy who gave the orders.
IRS needs to be disbanded NOW! Go to a flat-tax and remove this tool of government waste and intimidation from our lives!
If any IT gnome in industry tried this on a judge he’d have been in jail about six months ago. BTT
Deep scrubbing requires MONTHS of time.
The email is now alllllll clean and boring.
They also need to check the emails of the other people who corresponded with Lerner who claim to have busted their computers.
Bingo!!!!..exactamundo....
“The IG will discover that all emails have been recovered and none of them have incriminating evidence.”
truer words were never spoken.
More than likely they will take the info from the original tapes and put it on new tapes editing out any emails they don’t want congress to see.
There will probably be references made in one email to another email that no longer exists so they will have to come up with another story to explain it.
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