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White House: Explanations for lost Lerner emails 'entirely reasonable'
The Hill ^ | June 16 2014 | Justin Sink

Posted on 06/16/2014 3:26:57 PM PDT by PoloSec

Explanations provided by the Internal Revenue Service for how it lost two years of former employee Lois Lerner's emails are "entirely reasonable," the White House said on Monday.

"You’ve never heard of a computer crashing before?" White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters traveling with the president aboard Air Force One.

Congressional Republicans have blasted the IRS's admission that it lost Lerner's emails from between 2009 and 2011 because of an apparent computer error. Lerner resigned from the agency amid controversy over charges her division unfairly targeted conservative political groups.

In a statement Monday, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) accused the IRS of "continued obstruction and game-playing" and announced he had subpoenaed the agency's commissioner to appear before Congress.

"For too long, the IRS has promised to produce requested - and, later, subpoenaed - documents, only to respond later with excuses and inaction," Issa said.

But the White House dismissed Republican complaints as conspiratorial.

"I think it’s entirely reasonable, because it’s the truth and it’s a fact, and speculation otherwise I think is indicative of the kinds of conspiracies that are propagated around this story. And they’re propagated in a way that has left people with a very mistaken impression about what exactly occurred," Earnest said.

Earnest also said the administration had turned over some 67,000 other emails sent or received by Lerner during her tenure at the agency, calling it a "good-faith effort" by the IRS to assist in investigations.

"So if we are trying to hide Lois Lerner’s e-mails from congressional oversight, there’s a pretty large loophole," Earnest said.

"The far-fetched skepticism expressed by some Republican members of Congress I think is not at all surprising and not particularly believable," Earnest added.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bullshot; gettherope; impeachnow; irs; irsscandals; irsteapartyscandal; lerneremails; loislerner
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To: gwgn02

They are desperate because the email correspondences involve the White House Counsel...Obama’s lawyer. Looks like Barry is going to do a wag the dog in Iraq now to deflect attention.


41 posted on 06/16/2014 4:31:16 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (‘You can avoid reality, but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.’)
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To: molson209

My wife’s job puts her in contact with a number of folks on government health care. Most adore Obama, because he gives stuff to them. They hate GWB and evil Republicans because Republicans want to turn off the spigot.

She says none of them would give a rat’s rear how many emails Obama withholds, as long as he keeps shoving money their way and not applying the rules on disability.

My wife is thinking about quitting her job because she feels dirty after being exposed to such stupid, greedy people.


42 posted on 06/16/2014 4:35:27 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Left wing. Right wing. One buzzard.)
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To: PoloSec
"You’ve never heard of a computer crashing before?"

You've never heard of redundancy before? Mirroring, fallback, partitioning, disaster/recovery?

-PJ

43 posted on 06/16/2014 4:36:35 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: canuck_conservative

They’re not that stupid.
They’re just that much in the tank.


44 posted on 06/16/2014 4:38:30 PM PDT by hirn_man
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To: PoloSec
"You’ve never heard of a computer crashing before?"

Taking stupid to new depths. Josh?? Really, Dude? Catch up.

45 posted on 06/16/2014 4:38:36 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: PoloSec

IT Professional Gives Reasons Why IRS’ Claim That It ‘Lost’ 2 Years Emails Is ‘Simply Not Feasible’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3167862/posts


46 posted on 06/16/2014 4:38:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: PoloSec

had to check to see if this was satire. it wasn’t,but it is.


47 posted on 06/16/2014 4:46:12 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Billthedrill
This is an insult to the nation's intelligence and these days, that isn't easy.

I'm stealing that for my sig - just so ya know.

:o)

48 posted on 06/16/2014 4:51:25 PM PDT by mykroar (This is an insult to the nation's intelligence and these days, that isn't easy.)
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To: PoloSec

Al Capone’s explanation for not paying taxes were completely reasonable to him too.


49 posted on 06/16/2014 5:02:52 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: PoloSec

50 posted on 06/16/2014 5:03:20 PM PDT by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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To: PoloSec

I guess Josh Ernest is already trying out of the “ LIAR OF THE YEAR” award.

Another leftist, lying schmuck in the White House media office.


51 posted on 06/16/2014 5:10:53 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: PoloSec
Explanations provided by the Internal Revenue Service for how it lost two years of former employee Lois Lerner's emails are "entirely reasonable," the White House said on Monday.

Would I be making a safe assumption, if I said they are lying sacks of sh--?

:-)

52 posted on 06/16/2014 5:17:51 PM PDT by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
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To: Ray76
Subpoena all emails from the White House, Treasury, Department of Justice, FEC, or Democrat offices to Lerner, her assistants, staff, associates, underlings, etc.

Her contact list would still exist in her network profile. I would include everyone on that list.

53 posted on 06/16/2014 5:25:51 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom (Tea: A beverage best served cold. With RINO meat.)
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To: PoloSec

Folks, this administration is totally out of control. It is a criminal enterprise, without doubt the most criminal in American history. If we had an honest and objective media these bastards would be behind bars now. If we had an honest Congress whose allegiance was to the rule of law Obama and Holder and their ilk would be on prison barges in Chesapeake Bay.


54 posted on 06/16/2014 5:27:06 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: PoloSec

Past time to RICO this administration.


55 posted on 06/16/2014 5:30:45 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: PoloSec

Hat tip to Twitchy

56 posted on 06/16/2014 6:17:55 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom (Tea: A beverage best served cold. With RINO meat.)
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To: PoloSec
White House: Explanations for lost Lerner emails 'entirely reasonable'...this from the White House that seems to believe there's no problem within its own Veterans Administration in running scheduling software under DOS.....
57 posted on 06/16/2014 6:37:45 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: PoloSec

Liar...Liar...pants on fire!


58 posted on 06/16/2014 6:38:40 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

That’s gonna leave a mark...


59 posted on 06/16/2014 6:54:28 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: PoloSec

Any honorable person in the administration would insist on the production of those emails.

But no. This is another astonishing assault on common sense by the White House.

Of course, they understand their audience very well...


60 posted on 06/16/2014 7:28:30 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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