WE DON'T HAVE A PRESIDENT!
Posted on 07/10/2014 12:48:44 PM PDT by Nachum
A federal judge ordered the IRS Thursday to explain under oath how it lost a trove of emails to and from a central figure in the agency's tea party controversy.
U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan gave the tax agency a month to submit the explanation in writing. Sullivan said he is also appointing a federal magistrate to see if lost emails can be obtained from other sources.
Sullivan issued the order as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group. He said the IRS declaration must be signed, under oath, by the appropriate IRS official.
"I'm going to hold tight to that Aug. 10 declaration," Sullivan said.
The IRS says it lost the emails in 2011 when Lois Lerner's computer crashed. At the time, Lerner headed the IRS division that processes applications for tax-exempt status. She has since retired.
Lerner, who refused to answer questions at two House committee hearings, has become a central figure in several congressional investigations over the handling of tea party applications.
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen has testified on the lost emails before Congress at least three times. Each time he was under oath.
Koskinen said he first learned there was a problem with Lerner's computer in February, but didn't learn that emails were lost until April. The IRS notified Congress June 13.
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thanks I won’t go to that site. I was afraid it was real.
I’m OK with giving them a month. The Democrats are in panic mode. They’ll have endless meetings over what they should write and turn over. Sleepless nights. Lots of sleepless nights.
Give this judge some credit. He is setting them up. He wants sworn affidavids from IRS officials, while at the same time he is getting independent proof they ARE available
This judge doesn’t take crap from Anyone. Especially political operatives.
Check his rulings.
I would suggest at this point after hearing of this ruling and knowing that her emails to other fed. Agencies in an attempt to harass true the vote et al are stored and available in those agencies syste. the affable Ms. Lerner will be revisiting the subject of a get out of jail free card with her attorney.
However, that’s the least of her worries. She is getting sued by multiple parties. True the vote is on org. And their founder.
Here’s hoping Ms. Lerner spends her retirement broke and in prison!
This is a Civil lawsuit. Bambi doesn’t have any authority there to grant dismissal or pardons. As far as I know.
This is great news!
Not if he's involved. At this point it's almost impossible that he's not.
May work out well, if he's friends with the Clinton's and the word seems to be out that Obama would back Warren for Pres. I don't think there's any love lost between Obama and the Clinton's. Well, you get the picture.
You make an excellent point about the independent proof. The appointment of the federal magistrate is the part of the ruling that might get missed by the casual observer.
Koskinen will not be able to get smart-alecky with this judge, and try to blow smoke. Koskinen was under oath before congress, and now his agency will be under oath with their answer to the judge, and the judge will have in his hands the findings of a federal magistrate.
They already answered. “We have obsolete computer equipment and need more money in our budget.”
Yep - what is the point? It’s like asking a child:
“why did you do that?!”
“I don’t know...”
Instead, let’s discuss what the law breakers are going to charged with.
So, so how long have you guys worked for Obama?
Fer Pete’s sake, this isn’t perfect, but it’s something.
You may think you’re cool by shooting things down immediately...but you’re not.
I wrote him and he’s not meeting with me? Wazup wit dat?
Are you kidding?
Bambi will just, ‘Borrow’, the authority that he thinks he is entitled to. He will issue the pardon and dare anyone to hold him to account.
He will have the upper hand as anyone who disputes him is a racist or a republican...Come to think about it, Obama knows that all republicans are racist so we don’t have to worry about that...
I will only take ONE whistleblower in any of the following -IRS, ATF, OSHA, EPA to send ONE email during the time in question to this appointed Magistrate that came from Lerner and this Judge will start putting people in jail.
He will drop off the hammer on their heads. Keep in mind this judge is already pissed the IRS failed to inform his court emails were missing! That is what caused the hearing today to begin with.
Clearly Lerner is a small fish. I guess you gotta start somewhere but it will probably come to nothing.
You’ll like this...
ping
By August 10 the IRS will have lost all of the computers, along with the computer feeds. sarc/off
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