Federal Judge Threatens To Hold IRS Commissioner, DOJ Lawyers in Contempt of Court over Lerner

Judicial Watch ^ | July 29 2015

[Hojczyk]

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced that U.S District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan today threatened to hold the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and Justice Department attorneys in contempt of court after the IRS failed to produce status reports and newly recovered emails of Lois Lerner, former director of the Exempt Organizations Unit of the IRS, as he had ordered on July 1, 2015.

During the a status hearing today, Sullivan warned that the failure to follow his order was serious and the IRS and Justice Department’s excuses for not following his July 1 order were “indefensible, ridiculous, and absurd.” He asked the IRS’ Justice Department lawyer Geoffrey Klimas, “Why didn’t the IRS comply” with his court order and “why shouldn’t the Court hold the Commissioner of the IRS in contempt.” Judge Sullivan referenced his contempt findings against Justice Department prosecutors in the prosecution of late Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) and reminded the Justice Department attorney he had the ability to detain him for contempt. Warning he would tolerate no further disregard of his orders, Judge Sullivan said, “I will haul into court the IRS Commissioner to hold him personally into contempt.”

[NEMDF]

Yawn....

[longtermmemmory]

a federal judge threatening Obama is about as believable as Jimmy Carter’s “line of death”.

[TurboZamboni]

Terror cells, probably.

[longfellow]

O.k. I have changed my mind. I will pay my taxes when Lois Lerner is dead.
Traitorous taxing twat.

[DannyTN]

"Judge Sullivan said, “I will haul into court the IRS Commissioner to hold him personally into contempt.”

Do it! Do it! Do it already!!!

[Arm_Bears]

Blah, blah, blah.

Either do it, or don’t.

Flapping your gums is a waste of time and oxygen.

[teletech]

I like this judge BUT ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS JUDGE!

[servantboy777]

Damn...this is all so painful to watch. The level of corruption is nothing short of stunning.

How in sam hell can we have any confidence in anything coming from this gubbamint?

[Ann Archy]

PRAY for this JUDGE!!!

[Eagles6]

Unfortunately you are correct.

Chance of anything happening is south of slim and none.

Truth is the GOPe wanted the Tea Party supressed just as much as the dems.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— Warning he would tolerate no further disregard of his orders, Judge Sullivan said, “I will haul into court the IRS Commissioner to hold him personally into contempt.” -—

There is at least one righteous man.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

He is the creepiest bureaucrat of them all.

[Nifster]

It would be a good thing if he did

[Crystal Palace East]

Agree

Like many DC lawyers, they are only doing what their corrupt Dem bosses tell them to do.

However, tonight, some have told their bosses, “Massa, I ain’t goin to da pokey for ya.”

[The Great RJ]

Haul their asses off to jail and maybe one or more will crack and tell all they know.

[Thumper1960]

Anyone else would already be behind bars. These judges handle government officials with tenderness and care. When the government goes after Joe Schlep, he's detained, cuffed, house ransacked, dog shot, wife and children violated, fridge raided, drugs planted, job endangered, bank accounts seized, property destroyed, etc.

This judge, like all of them, puts on a show but hasn't got the guts to do anything more than bark and yap.

[Robert357]

I like this judge.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Lerner needs to be in prison NOW!!!!!!