BREAKING: Justice Department: No criminal charges for ex-IRS official Lerner

Fox News ^ | 10.23.2015 | AP via Fox News

[dware]

The Justice Department is declining to bring charges against Lois Lerner, the former IRS official at the center of a political controversy over the processing of applications for tax-exempt status.

Federal prosecutors announced their decision Friday in a letter to members of Congress.

[Tzimisce]

Wow - I’m so shocked.

[glorgau]

Friday afternoon...

[SERKIT]

The “Just Us” Department did its thing to suppress the vote, just like Harry Reid lied on the Senate floor about “friends of his” who knew, for a fact, that Romney had not filed taxes in his entire life. “He didn’t get elected, did he?” Circle the Wagons.

[immadashell]

Too bad for you that the next President can order the charges be picked right back up again, and prosecutions will go forward.

Only if the next President is not a RAT or a RINO. This also assumes that Obummer doesn't pardon her as he walks out the door of the White Hut in January 2017.

[tet68]

Charlotte, NC media hack reported that murder, rape, and property crime was WAY up(as it is in most metro areas in the US)for the second year in a row. The Charlotte city government hacks “couldn’t name a reason for the increase.”

Well, you didn’t expect them to name themselves did you?

[Bullish]

They should have charged her. Had her cop a plea deal and then Obama could have pardoned her on the way out of the white house. This still leaves the door open for the next DOJ to throw the book at her and they damn well should.

[dead]

If I had a rocket launcher...

[sten]

this just means the administration occupying the WH can use the IRS as a political weapon against their enemies.

planned parenthood, code pink(o), and all the left leaning websites should take notice

[forgotten man]

Headline is incomplete. It left out “.....and no charges against Hillary Clinton and all other corrupt regime officials.”

[A Navy Vet]

"Not only will she be rewarded for being a Good Soldier, she will probably get a very nice University position or some wonderful lobbying gig."

Maybe. But I see her as a Hubbell or Goldberg stuffing his pants and just disappear into the vapor of obscurity. Let me know if she gets such a prestige gig. You're usually correct, but not sure on this one.

[JusPasenThru]

Within 10 years, max, the charges will change from these sort of things, to such charges as “Aggravated Opposition to Government Policy”, “Felony Criticism of a Government Official”, and so on.

Gnostical turpitude will become a capital offense.

BTW, where do white middle class folk go when they want space to destroy? Or do we just have to eat our peas when we get wee wee'd up?

[Georgia Girl 2]

Raise your hand if you are as shocked as I am. Here is my shocked face. :-0

[dead]

She will be compensated... Richly.

She already has been. Multiple times to the tune of tens of millions of dollars.

[wally_bert]

Charlotte was an OK place up until the early 90s.

[griswold3]

This is how a great society collapses. Slowly at first. Then all at once.
As my 94 yo German mother says, ‘You can never get back to where you started. ‘

[longfellow]

DON’T PAY YOUR TAXES NEXT YEAR.

[fortheDeclaration]

What a shock!

[showme_the_Glory]

what message does that send to the rest of us law abiding citizens?

Shut your mouth and do as you are told.

[dead]

Ignore any Obama pardons and prosecute them anyways

The presidential pardon power is absolute, clearly spelled out in the Constitution. It cannot be overridden by any means.

[Yashcheritsiy]

No kidding.