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The communications sought by Judicial Watch covered portions of the same period for which the IRS on June 13, 2014, notified the Senate Finance Committee that Lerners emails had been lost or destroyed but did not notify the Court or Judicial Watch about these missing emails. In response to our request for more information, U.S. District Court Judge Emmett Sullivan held a July 10 hearing and order the IRS to produce sworn declarations about its efforts to find and restore Lerners allegedly missing emails.
And then on August 25, Department of Justice attorneys for the IRS conceded to Judicial Watch that Lerners missing emails (and all government records) had been backed in case of catastrophe but that it would be too onerous to search this backup system for Lerners emails. The Justice Department has since put out anonymous statements alleging Judicial Watch misheard what its lawyers said and that the agency did not disclose new information about a back-up system.
It is not in dispute that the existence of any back-up system was withheld from the court despite two orders (order 1, order 2) demanding specifically sworn declarations about where Lerners emails may be residing and effort to obtain them. The Obama administration has refused Judicial Watchs requests to amend the sworn declarations and finally inform Judge Sullivan directly about this back-up system. Administration lawyers have steadfastly refused and subsequently submitted a status report to the Court on August 29 that, again, makes no mention of any back-up system.
Judicial Watch lawyers are preparing now to ask the Court for relief in light of the Obama administrations continuing obstruction and contempt for Judge Sullivans orders.
Again, Judicial Watch has uncovered more shocking emails from the IRS, forced out by a lawsuit and a federal court, said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. Now we learn the stunning news that Obamas IRS had a secret research program using illicitly-obtained confidential donor lists of conservative and Tea Party organizations that opposed President Obamas agenda or reelection. With all this IRS abuse, it is no wonder Lois Lerner said that questions by Congress and others were dangerous. And it is well past time that President Obama should be held to account about his repeated and recent falsehoods about his IRS scandal. Next up: Judicial Watch will ask Judge Sullivan for help in requiring the Obama IRS to stop its obstruction and disclose the no-longer-missing emails of Lois Lerner and other IRS officials.
I wonder why Congress didn’t just hire Judicial Watch to do their investigation?? oops I forgot, Congress is COMPLICIT!!