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Lois Lerner's Blackberry deliberately destroyed after start of congressional probe: IRS lawyer
Fox News ^ | 8-26-14 | Doug McKelway

Posted on 08/26/2014 3:57:39 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

Lois Lerner’s Blackberry was intentionally destroyed after Congress had begun its probe into IRS targeting of conservative groups, a senior IRS lawyer acknowledged in a sworn declaration.

Thomas Kane, Deputy Assistant Chief Counsel for the IRS, wrote in the declaration, part of a lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch against the IRS, that the Blackberry was "removed or wiped clean of any sensitive or proprietary information and removed as scrap for disposal in June 2012."

That date - June 2012 - is significant because by that time, ex-IRS official Lerner had already been summoned before congressional staffers who interviewed her about reports of the IRS' targeting of conservative groups.

"We had already talked to her. Our personal staff and Oversight Committee staff had sat down with Ms. Lerner and confronted her about information we were getting from conservative groups in the state of Ohio and around the country," Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Fox News.

"If you intentionally destroy evidence, that is a crime. If you make a statement in court saying the evidence is not available and it is, that is also a crime," said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackberry; crime; irs; issa; jimjordan; jimjorden; judicialwatch; loislerner; obstruction; smidgen; transparency
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To: afraidfortherepublic

If a lot of people don’t go to prison over this America as a free nation is truly dead.


61 posted on 08/26/2014 7:38:23 PM PDT by garjog (Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
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To: tennmountainman

“Where is John Boehner ?
Where is Mitch McConnell?”

Whipping their collective staffs to find dirt on Judicial Watch and The American Center for Law and Justice so they can help out the imposter.


62 posted on 08/26/2014 7:39:29 PM PDT by RS_Rider (I hate Illinois Nazis)
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To: RS_Rider
“Where is John Boehner ? Where is Mitch McConnell?”...

Whipping their collective staffs...

Oh...they're "whipping their staffs" alright.

63 posted on 08/26/2014 7:41:42 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: VRWCarea51

VRW.... Wasn’t Lon the sniper at Ruby Ridge? Shot Weaver’s wife?


64 posted on 08/26/2014 7:50:06 PM PDT by willibeaux (de ole Korean War vet age 84)
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To: a fool in paradise

Where money is involved all bets are off.


65 posted on 08/26/2014 7:54:39 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Jack Hammer

Put the soldiers in jail and they will give up the capos. Put the capos in jail and they will give up the Don.


66 posted on 08/26/2014 7:57:29 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: willibeaux

Yes he was. Hiding in a hole now like a rat


67 posted on 08/26/2014 7:59:44 PM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: Klemper

Hope you aren’t holding your breath.


68 posted on 08/26/2014 8:03:01 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: originalbuckeye

“THE....MOST....CORRUPT....ADMINISTRATION....EVER!!!!!”

And not by just a little bit! There is no comparison to the illegality of much of what has been done under this man and his minions.

God what I wouldn’t do for a President Cruz...


69 posted on 08/26/2014 8:16:29 PM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: Jack Hammer

“Lois Lerner should already be doing time.”

She is already doing time. In fact, she’s having a great time.


70 posted on 08/26/2014 8:39:03 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: Secret Agent Man

“another installment of issa kabuki theater.”

Yep, you can bet that he will be all over this like stink on sh#@#.

In a way, you can’t blame him for not getting traction. With the cavalcade of rolling scandals and crises, you need a scorecard to keep up with everything.

If there is anything brilliant about the Obama administration, it is their uncanny ability to have a new crisis/scandal wipe the old crisis/scandal off of the front page in a continuous rolling sequence of events, keeping the news media and the public unfocused. Some, but not all of this, has been dumb luck.


71 posted on 08/26/2014 8:44:32 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: The Antiyuppie

if he was serious he’d jail lerner and get rolling. he doesn’t need anyone’s permission to do that.

but since this is kabuki theater it won’t happen.


72 posted on 08/26/2014 9:55:31 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: forgotten man

Please use Eric Holder’s full title when writing his name.

Attorney General and Black Man Eric Holder


73 posted on 08/26/2014 11:32:36 PM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Felony count

Someone deserves jail time


74 posted on 08/27/2014 1:57:41 AM PDT by bestintxas (Every time a RINO bites the dust a founding father gets his wings)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Lois Lerner (and others) need to start practicing frog marching.


75 posted on 08/27/2014 8:06:18 AM PDT by McGruff (You can lead a human to knowledge but you can't make him think)
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To: lexington minuteman 1775

RICO!


76 posted on 08/27/2014 8:08:22 AM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: lexington minuteman 1775

RICO!


77 posted on 08/27/2014 8:08:25 AM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: joshua c

Actually it’s

Attorney General and Black Man Eric Holder Who Was A Victim of Racial Profiling


78 posted on 08/27/2014 8:10:15 AM PDT by McGruff (You can lead a human to knowledge but you can't make him think)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

And blackberry’s messenger service....the lrivate messages that don’t show up in email searches....that would have been interesting to say the least.


79 posted on 08/27/2014 8:22:42 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (This town needs an enema)
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To: garjog

She’s part of the political class, she has a get out of jail free card.


80 posted on 08/27/2014 8:23:56 AM PDT by reefdiver (The fool says there is no God. And the bigger fools sees direct evidence and rages against it.)
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