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McConnell: Obama Administration ‘Misled’ Congress, Hid Evidence to Conceal IRS Targeting
Washington Free Beacon ^ | August 6, 2015 | Morgan Chalifant

Posted on 08/06/2015 11:59:28 AM PDT by lbryce

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) accused the Obama administration of misleading Congress and hiding evidence in order to conceal the effort by the Internal Revenue Service to target conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.

The Hill reported that McConnell slammed the White House in a statement Wednesday following the release of a bipartisan Senate Finance Committee report that revealed the extent to which the “delinquent” IRS mismanaged applications from Tea Party groups.

“The report makes clear that civic groups were harassed specifically because they identified as conservative,” McConnell declared. “It underlines the seething contempt partisan officials like Lois Lerner had for them. It also reveals that administration officials continually misled Congress and attempted to hide evidence that might have brought the truth to light sooner.”

Among the 142-page report’s key findings, it concluded that Lois Lerner, former head of the government agency’s Exempt Organizations Unit, “failed to adequately manage” members of her staff processing the applications in question for two years beginning in 2010.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obama
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Of all the unmitigated gall,brazen misrepresentation of the truth. Somebody better get their Administrations all lined up properly. That's the other virginal, most transparent Administration ever.


1 posted on 08/06/2015 11:59:28 AM PDT by lbryce
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To: lbryce

and what will Sen Turtle do about it..


2 posted on 08/06/2015 12:01:17 PM PDT by Bidimus1
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To: lbryce

STOP THE PRESSES!!!!

McConnell is pretending to care about Conservatives.


3 posted on 08/06/2015 12:01:25 PM PDT by Calpublican (All Hail the Uni-Party!!!!)
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To: lbryce

Speaking of seething contempt—get back to us when you plan to do something about it.


4 posted on 08/06/2015 12:01:47 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl (the left has redefined the word 'racism' to mean any disagreement with any liberal about any topic)
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5 posted on 08/06/2015 12:03:13 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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I suppose this will be a campaign issue for ‘16, then down the memory hole it goes until they need to rile people up again.


6 posted on 08/06/2015 12:04:33 PM PDT by Nickname
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To: lbryce

So? Ditch hid his deals from his flock and the American Public.


7 posted on 08/06/2015 12:05:49 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: Bidimus1
and what will Sen Turtle do about it..

Nothing, Trump is right, they do nothing.

8 posted on 08/06/2015 12:07:12 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: lbryce

Meanwhile, the Congressional castrati merely whine and whimper.


9 posted on 08/06/2015 12:07:54 PM PDT by Lexington Green (Hillary belongs in the Big House - not the White House)
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To: lbryce

0dungo didn’t know about THIS either. /s


10 posted on 08/06/2015 12:08:25 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: lbryce

Hey Mitch, don’t whine, impeach!


11 posted on 08/06/2015 12:08:33 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: lbryce

Kitten fight!!!


12 posted on 08/06/2015 12:08:51 PM PDT by DungeonMaster (Of those born of women there is not risen one greater than John The Baptist.)
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To: Bidimus1

Exactly my first question. Of course, the answer is NOTHING. McConnell is just posturing for Conservative. He thinks the conservative rubes still fall for his talk tough and then give-Obama-what-he-wants shtick.


13 posted on 08/06/2015 12:10:16 PM PDT by Obadiah (Mr. Obama, the time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end.)
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To: lbryce

This guy is so clueless. He’s almost as idiotic as Biden.


14 posted on 08/06/2015 12:12:42 PM PDT by raybbr (Obamacare needs a deatha panel)
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To: Bidimus1

So arrest and indict. Sheesh! He must wear his granny’s panties.


15 posted on 08/06/2015 12:13:37 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: lbryce
Is the the non-smidgeon of evidence of wrongdoing Odungo mentioned?
16 posted on 08/06/2015 12:14:59 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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“McConnell: Obama Administration ‘Misled’ Congress, Hid Evidence to Conceal IRS Targeting”

And???


17 posted on 08/06/2015 12:19:08 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Democrats are parasites. It really is that simple.)
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To: lbryce

“McConnell: Obama Administration ‘Misled’ Congress, Hid Evidence to Conceal IRS Targeting”

Well, Mitch, what do you intend on doing about it? Oh,yeah. Right. Nothing.


18 posted on 08/06/2015 12:19:10 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: lbryce

Nixon was drummed out of office for far less than the crimes committed by this administration.


19 posted on 08/06/2015 12:19:33 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
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To: lbryce

They really operate Ina vacuum up there in DC land. Does Mitch think this proclamation is news to anyone outside his bubble? More importantly, does he think we believe this lends some credibility to him?


20 posted on 08/06/2015 12:21:57 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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