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Lois Lerner's Blackberry deliberately destroyed after start of congressional probe: IRS lawyer
Fox News ^ | 8-26-14 | Doug McKelway

Posted on 08/26/2014 3:57:39 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

Lois Lerner’s Blackberry was intentionally destroyed after Congress had begun its probe into IRS targeting of conservative groups, a senior IRS lawyer acknowledged in a sworn declaration.

Thomas Kane, Deputy Assistant Chief Counsel for the IRS, wrote in the declaration, part of a lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch against the IRS, that the Blackberry was "removed or wiped clean of any sensitive or proprietary information and removed as scrap for disposal in June 2012."

That date - June 2012 - is significant because by that time, ex-IRS official Lerner had already been summoned before congressional staffers who interviewed her about reports of the IRS' targeting of conservative groups.

"We had already talked to her. Our personal staff and Oversight Committee staff had sat down with Ms. Lerner and confronted her about information we were getting from conservative groups in the state of Ohio and around the country," Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Fox News.

"If you intentionally destroy evidence, that is a crime. If you make a statement in court saying the evidence is not available and it is, that is also a crime," said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackberry; crime; irs; issa; jimjordan; jimjorden; judicialwatch; loislerner; obstruction; smidgen; transparency
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To: afraidfortherepublic

In 1974 there was 18 minutes of silence on a tape recorder.In 2014 there are several hard drives “recycled” and at least one Blackberry “destroyed”.


41 posted on 08/26/2014 4:58:32 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Rat Party policy;Lie,deny,refuse to comply)
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To: tennmountainman
"Where is John Boehner ? Where is Mitch McConnell?"

Where is Bob Woodward?

42 posted on 08/26/2014 5:12:25 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim ("Your apathy is their power." - Sarah Palin Jul 19, 2014)
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To: afraidfortherepublic; All

There is only a smidgen* of corruption.

(smidgen defined as an area the size of Texas)


43 posted on 08/26/2014 5:15:43 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

It would be no different if Al Capone were running the country ... other than the fact that is corpse probably doesn’t smell as bad as the current administration.


44 posted on 08/26/2014 5:18:35 PM PDT by The Duke ("Forgiveness is between them and God, it's my job to arrange the meeting.")
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To: afraidfortherepublic

That would be a felony, methinks.


45 posted on 08/26/2014 5:31:52 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Demonazi's are openly marching us (Jews, Christians, Conservatives) double time to Holocaust II.)
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To: HereInTheHeartland
Nixons party wouldn't support him, so he resigned.

The domestic communists starting with Clinton have exposed the fatal flaw in the Constitution.

We've turned a corner and there is no going back.

The POTUS can be a dictator and as long as his party is on board there isn't a damn thing that can be done about it.

On the bright side, under those conditions a right wing POTUS/DICTATOR could fundamentally transform America and fix it so the left could never take power again.

46 posted on 08/26/2014 5:32:14 PM PDT by Rome2000 (THE ENEMY IS ALL AROUND US)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Lois Lerner should already be doing time.


47 posted on 08/26/2014 5:38:16 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: afraidfortherepublic

The Most Transparent Administration In Human History Sure Likes To Plead the Fifth,

“The way to make government responsible is to hold it accountable. The way to make government accountable is to make it transparent, so the American people can know exactly what decisions are being made, how they’re being well made, and whether their interests are being well served...For a long time now, there’s been too much secrecy in this city. The old rules said that if there was a defensible argument for not disclosing something to the American people, then it should not be disclosed. That era is now over, starting today.”

Back in those early, heady days, Obama pledged that transparency would be a “touchstone” of his administration. Touchstone - noun - “a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized.” Three-and-a-half years later, it’s ignore, deny, scoff, then plead the fifth. Now if only we could get the Vice President to avail himself of his sacred right to remain silent... I’ll leave you with this juicy Politico quote on Obama’s track record on FOIA requests:

“Obama is the sixth administration that’s been in office since I’ve been doing Freedom of Information Act work. … It’s kind of shocking to me to say this, but of the six, this administration is the worst on FOIA issues. The worst. There’s just no question about it,” said Katherine Meyer, a Washington lawyer who’s been filing FOIA cases since 1978. “This administration is raising one barrier after another. … It’s gotten to the point where I’m stunned — I’m really stunned.”

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/04/17/gop_the_most_transparent_administration_in_human_history_sure_likes_to_plead_the_fifth_huh

The compilation “I plead the 5th” video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RIlql4Cr0KE


48 posted on 08/26/2014 6:08:39 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: TurboZamboni

Bookmark


49 posted on 08/26/2014 6:17:59 PM PDT by publius911 ( Politicians come and go... but the (union) bureaucracy lives and grows forever.)
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To: Klemper

They have Holder to make sure that no one is every prosecuted.


50 posted on 08/26/2014 6:18:32 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Klemper

They have Holder to make sure that no one is ever prosecuted.


51 posted on 08/26/2014 6:18:42 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: eCSMaster
Where is Bob Woodward?

Playing Nixon tapes for a nostalgic lib media?

52 posted on 08/26/2014 6:22:17 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Shall Not Be Infringed)
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To: eCSMaster

-——Where is Bob Woodward? -——

He’s on Fox News babbling something incoherent....


53 posted on 08/26/2014 6:26:14 PM PDT by Popman (Jesus Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: blueunicorn6

“There are two nations within our borders.”

That reminds me of a signature line some guy uses on a pool forum. It says “There are two kinds of people, day people and night people. It’s the night people’s job to get the money from the day people.”


54 posted on 08/26/2014 6:26:31 PM PDT by JohnnyP
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To: afraidfortherepublic

nixon went down b/c of the coverup.

i pray to god obunger and holder and everyone else involved goes down. whether it happens or not that’s what i pray for.


55 posted on 08/26/2014 6:31:23 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: tennmountainman

trying to get democrats on the hill and in the media to like them. ie trying to get the cool kids to like them.


56 posted on 08/26/2014 6:32:18 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 867V309

another installment of issa kabuki theater.


57 posted on 08/26/2014 6:32:54 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Obstruction of justice.


58 posted on 08/26/2014 6:32:56 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Politicians and diapers must be changed often for the same reason)
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To: forgotten man

it’s isdirection / deflection


59 posted on 08/26/2014 6:33:40 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: JohnnyP

makers vs takers. that’s the dividing line in this country.


60 posted on 08/26/2014 6:36:29 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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