Posted on 04/17/2014 4:37:40 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
Key members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform expressed outrage at revelations made in newly released emails showing ex-IRS official Lois Lerner coordinating with the Department of Justice on prosecuting nonprofit groups.
One committee member said the emails prove why the IRS is scared to give up the rest of Lois Lerners emails. IRS commissioner John Koskinen was recently threatened with contempt for stonewalling the committees investigation. Koskinen claimed in a hearing that it could take years to provide the documents requested by Oversight.
The release of new documents underscores the political nature of IRS Tea Party targeting and the extent to which supposed apolitical officials took direction from elected Democrats, Oversight chairman Rep. Darrell Issa said in a statement. These e-mails are part of an overwhelming body of evidence that political pressure from prominent Democrats led to the targeting of Americans for their political beliefs.
Now I see why the IRS is scared to give up the rest of Lois Lerners emails, said Oversight Economic Growth subcommittee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan.
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Don’t you think the body of evidence gathered so far has moved these searches into the province of reasonable?
Did you see my solution? “bust out the porch light”.
IE, remove these unconstitutional agencies.
Oh, it's in the running for that award for sure. I always wonder about a post like that
was it just a pre coffee brain lapse? (We all have those). Or was it an attempt to be smarter than anyone else in the room simply by being counter intuitive? (not a becoming habit) - or maybe a pro life pro marriage liberal who has no conservative instincts outside of social issues (Lotta Freepers in this camp) - or maybe a liberal troll visiting. Methinks must be one of those.
That’s what happens when you pin your own righteousness on what ideology you support.
Apparently the Dummies' internals look positively abysmal....b/c the external polls we are getting are down on Dummies bigtime.
Ergo, I would not be surprised if desperate Dumbos ----scared of losing their seats----ganged-up on Obama and told him to hold off the hateful Lib/Prog agenda a bit---hoping that'll raise their poll numbers.
Actually, with some internal search features, it is almost instantaneous.
Actually, these flames have been fanned by Issa, Gohmert, and some others.
Agreed.
(I did not make the connection between a porch light and the monolithic buildings housing these agencies. more coffee)
I think that you are on to something.
My solution is oversimplified given the political situation,
but it’s what must be done to rectify the situation where
lefties get into positions of unaccountable power and abuse them for political advantage.
Maybe Lerner comes from the same planet as Valerie Jarett.
They need to get warrants and send in cops to grab servers and break things (and heads).
Too bad Holder and the Department of Just Us is on Lerner’s side.
They need to get warrants and send in cops to grab servers and break things (and heads).
Too bad Holder and the Department of Just Us is on Lerner’s side.
An e-mail on a government computer is the property of the government. If you want "personal" effects, then don't use the government computer.
Lois Lerner went after the Tea Party using government equipment. She has NO privacy interest in those e-mails. Those were public documents the moment they were sent.
NONE!
“Her work emails are not protected, her private address, yes but not her gov’t email.”
She also used her personal computer for government business,,,, against regulations. So anything involving her own computer should be available under FOIA. IMO.
You’re right. I’d forgotten the fact that he’s the gub-mint.
You’re right. I’d forgotten the fact that she’s the gub-mint.
If this was a Conservative official who emailed BIBLE verses, you bet your life they’d have ZERO respect for ‘privacy’ and drum them out A.S.A.P.
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