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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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To: lbryce

I’ll bet McConnell was shocked to discover the deception, too.


41 posted on 08/06/2015 12:50:09 PM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: lbryce

misled = lied

0vomit lied to Congress. 0vomit lied to the American people. Again.


42 posted on 08/06/2015 12:50:57 PM PDT by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: Carthego delenda est

Forrest Gump with no integrity.


43 posted on 08/06/2015 12:53:04 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

So McConnell, aka, lame mountain of steaming, worthless crapola, do something about it.


44 posted on 08/06/2015 12:53:17 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: WayneS

Mitch just came in from a walk in the pasture. He’s upset that his boots are covered in horse poop from all the horses that are out of the barn.


45 posted on 08/06/2015 12:54:04 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
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To: Bidimus1

and what will Sen Turtle do about it..

...

Nothing. He’s putting on a performance.


46 posted on 08/06/2015 12:54:40 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: lbryce

Oh shut up, Mitch.


47 posted on 08/06/2015 12:59:50 PM PDT by inkfarmer
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"McConnell:
Obama Administration ‘Misled’ Congress,
Hid Evidence to Conceal IRS Targeting


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48 posted on 08/06/2015 1:05:05 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Bidimus1

So M(b)itch, do we get an impeachment or are you just informing us of another crime Obama is behind before setting up another tee time with Resident Barry?


49 posted on 08/06/2015 1:21:24 PM PDT by AmericanCheeseFood
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To: lbryce

That isn’t all he’s tried to hide....what about his father-in-law with about 6 million dollars of cocaine in his boat?

What about using his ‘aides’ to break the campaign laws in Kentucky????

Whatever happened in those cases??? Mr Turtle pay to cover them up????


50 posted on 08/06/2015 1:27:01 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 (Trump/Cruz or Cruz/Trump....Make America Great Again....)
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To: lbryce

Thank GOD liberals used FR as a propaganda platform to ensure Mitch go reelected! Just IMAGINE the trouble America would be in had they listened to those damn purists and their ‘Elect a conservative’ nonsense.


51 posted on 08/06/2015 1:29:17 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: lbryce

Yeah, Mitch, and the world isn’t flat either. So what else is new?


52 posted on 08/06/2015 1:30:48 PM PDT by Saltmeat
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To: Lazamataz

If you’re looking for action Laz, well, you’re Laz. It comes naturally for you.

If you are looking to Mertyle for action on this issue, I suggest your time is better spent in Skyrim.

Or banging rocks together.

Or repainting the grand canyon using individual hair follicles as a brush.


53 posted on 08/06/2015 1:33:15 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: 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.”

Ok.

Go McConnel Go.

I am sure it is a strongly worded accusation.

Ya. That outta teach them.


54 posted on 08/06/2015 1:44:39 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: lbryce

Senate Turtle knows because he took steps to cover their butts and keep him in office. We lack representation in Congress much like we lacked representation under King George. Blowing smoke is about all we have gotten from the Republicans.


55 posted on 08/06/2015 2:47:59 PM PDT by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects)
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To: lbryce

Notice now how McConnell squeals like the pig being ridden on Deliverance once it becomes impossible to cover up the crime.


56 posted on 08/06/2015 3:27:48 PM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: lbryce

The Turtle getting too much flak these days so he’s starting to move?


57 posted on 08/06/2015 5:04:31 PM PDT by Red Steel (Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
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To: Lexington Green
Meanwhile, the Congressional castrati merely whine and whimper.

Today's Republican leadership: Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
(with gratitude to Macbeth)

58 posted on 08/06/2015 5:08:31 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: lbryce

FUMM!


59 posted on 08/07/2015 6:13:21 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: lbryce

Is ‘slammed’ McConnell’s version of a strongly worded letter?


60 posted on 08/07/2015 8:13:24 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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