Posted on 09/22/2014 8:30:45 AM PDT by servo1969
Lois Lerner, the central figure in the IRS scandal, is breaking her silence in an unapologetic interview where she says she's not sorry and maintains she “didn’t do anything wrong” -- despite widely documented evidence that her division targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny.
The former head of the tax-exempt unit, speaking with Politico, gave her first media interview since the scandal broke 16 months ago. She has twice refused to answer questions before Congress, but used the interview to publicly assert her innocence.
"I know I did the best I could under the circumstances and am not sorry for anything I did," Lerner said.
Lerner, who resigned amid the scandal, spoke at length with Politico, which also spoke to about 20 coworkers and friends in a comprehensive, 3,837-word story on Lerner and the events around the scandal. The profile-style piece at times paints her in a sympathetic light, including personal anecdotes ranging from how she baked brownies for staff to how she put her babysitter's son through college.
However, Lerner, who was joined in the interview by her corporate lawyer husband, Michael Miles, and two personal lawyers, is not quoted extensively in the piece. Her on-the-record comments mainly address her claims that she simply was doing her job and has no regrets.
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Why isn’t she in jail?
So?
I'm sure Hitler was nice to his dog.
Who gives a *?
Exactly! How come she hasn’t been read her rights and charged!
“didn’t do anything wrong”
Neither did the guards and commandants at Nazi death camps. They were just following orders, remember...
Exactly. If they really wanted to make news, they should have asked her if she believes that Tea Party organizers and other conservatives should be put in jail and have their property confiscated. She would have said yes.
Go to hell Lois
We are paying mid level civil servants enough that they can pay for their babysitters kids education.
Something wrong with this picture.
Why should she be sorry, lawlessness and treasonous behavior is a badge of honor for the communist democrats.
I come back to my original question.
Okay, Lois, if you didn’t do anything wrong, what exactly were you apologizing for in that speech that started all of this?
“didn’t do anything wrong”
I was watching an nfl game sunday. a receiver came down with both feet clearly in bounds. he was right in front of the opposing sideline but even though it was clear, the opposing coaches kept pointing and jumping up saying he was out. he was ruled in bounds.
why were they screaming he was out of bounds when it was clear he was in? bias makes you see things differently.
same for lerner, she’s a Marxist and sees things thru that lens.
Hitler was known to be a very gregarious host and a very kind person to those close to him. He was known to weep openly when one of his dogs became sick or died. What of it, he was an evil prick too.
It’s Holder an company. The whole bunch probably have an obama ‘get out of jail free’ writ.
Beet me to it!
Bitch can’t keep track of emails, yet demands access to your bank accounts!
shriveled-up old ugly-a$$ lerner should be in jail.
Because she is being protected by Obama and Holder. They have issued a get out of jail free card to her.
She truly believes that she hasn’t done anything wrong. In her mind, it is just fine for liberals to use the power of the government to punish opponents.
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