Posted on 06/25/2014 5:36:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Ways and Means investigation uncovers push to audit Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of conservative individuals includes a sitting United States Senator.
According to emails reviewed by the Committee under its Section 6103 authority, which allows the Committee to review confidential taxpayer information, Lois Lerner sought to have Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) referred for IRS examination.
“We have seen a lot of unbelievable things in this investigation, but the fact that Lois Lerner attempted to initiate an apparently baseless IRS examination against a sitting Republican United States Senator is shocking,” said Camp. “At every turn, Lerner was using the IRS as a tool for political purposes in defiance of taxpayer rights.
We may never know the full extent of the abuse since the IRS conveniently lost two years of Lerner emails, not to mention those of other key figures in this scandal. The fact that DOJ refuses to investigate the IRS’s abuses or appoint a special counsel demonstrates, yet again, this Administration’s unwillingness to uphold the rule of law.”
Background:
While the Ways and Means Committee investigation into Lerner’s involvement in the potential Grassley examination is ongoing, documents show that Lerner received an invitation to a speaking event that was intended for Senator Grassley. Instead of forwarding the invitation to Grassley’s office, Lerner immediately suggested to others in her office that the issue should be referred for examination. The Committee was able to investigate this information through its authority under Section 6103 of the tax code. A waiver was signed by Senator Grassley and his wife in order to make this information public.
Lerner is about as corrupt that she can be and has greatly gain against mac daddy who is currently the worlds greatest liar.
Nothing will happen. Nothing. Nothing EVER happens
to these people. No matter the crime, no matter
the scandal. They skate.
She’s just doing what Obama told her to do.
I would think that Chuck Grassley could have Lerner arrested. He can also sue her.
Actually, receiving a promo for a political event from someone you normally would never support is not uncommon. The crime is what Lerner did after she got the invitation.
This is important: Look how freely and recklessly Lerner suggests an audit. An audit should be considered only after clear evidence exists of cheating on taxes or hiding income, or of a strong possibility that those have been happening. In any case, an audit should be based on Grassley’s BEHAVIOR, not on an offer made to him by by some organization. Lerner didn’t even wait for Grassley to respond. She wanted to audit him right away - because he was a Republican.
Correct. Which probably means there are a number of people in the IRS who may be annoyed by her, and have plenty of other stories to tell, and plenty of emails. Congressman Issa has subpoenaed every email and letter to or from Lerner going back to her work in other agencies from 1989 onward.
HOW?? HOW in the HELL did Lois Lerner get an email that was meant for Grassley???? SOMETHING ISN”T KOSHER!!
The Obama Admin is a CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE!!!!
This was NOT a “MIX-UP”!! She had to be GETTING E-Mails from a bunch of Congressmen via the NSA!!
She definitely was going on a “fishing” expedition.
her first reaction is not to laugh about the mix-up but to try to hurt him. This is the very definition of abuse of power.
Just throwing another straw on the back of the camel known as the IRS..
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