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In 2013, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revealed that it had selected political groups applying for tax-exempt status for intensive scrutiny based on their names or political themes.
Deleted Evidence: Thomas Kane, Deputy Assistant Chief Counsel for the IRS, wrote in a sworn declaration that Lerner's Blackberry was "removed or wiped clean of any sensitive or proprietary information and removed as scrap for disposal in June 2012." In a USA Today opinion column, James S. Robbins wrote, "For a scandal that is frequently derided as 'fake,' it is amazing how often real evidence disappears. The disappearing act is so frequent, it is reasonable to wonder whether it is really a systematic attempt to destroy evidence of abuse of power."
FBI investigation: In January 2014, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that it had found no evidence warranting the filing of federal criminal charges in connection with the affair. The FBI stated it found no evidence of "enemy hunting" of the kind that had been suspected, but that the investigation did reveal the IRS to be a mismanaged bureaucracy enforcing rules that IRS personnel did not fully understand. The officials indicated, however, that the investigation is continuing.
DOJ investigation: In October 2015, the Justice Department notified Congress that there would be no charges against the former IRS official Lois Lerner or against anyone else in the IRS. The investigation found no evidence of illegal activity or the partisan targeting of political groups and found that no IRS official attempted to obstruct justice. The DOJ investigation did find evidence of mismanagement and Lerner's poor judgement in using her IRS account for personal messages but said "...poor management is not a crime." In September 2017, the DOJ declined a request from the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means to reopen the investigation into Lerner's IRS activities.
originally posted by: watchitburn
a reply to: Iamonlyhuman
It's almost as if we're seeing a pattern of misconduct and corruption within Govt. agencies under the Obama administration...
Curious.
a pattern of misconduct and corruption within Govt. agencies under the Obama administration...
originally posted by: Thorneblood
a reply to: watchitburn
a pattern of misconduct and corruption within Govt. agencies under the Obama administration...
So Obama invented misconduct and corruption within Govt agencies? Wow over a year out of office and he still gets credit for everything. Gotta love it.
originally posted by: Thorneblood
a reply to: watchitburn
a pattern of misconduct and corruption within Govt. agencies under the Obama administration...
So Obama invented misconduct and corruption within Govt agencies? Wow over a year out of office and he still gets credit for everything. Gotta love it.
originally posted by: Thorneblood
a reply to: watchitburn
a pattern of misconduct and corruption within Govt. agencies under the Obama administration...
So Obama invented misconduct and corruption within Govt agencies? Wow over a year out of office and he still gets credit for everything. Gotta love it.
originally posted by: Thorneblood
a reply to: watchitburn
a pattern of misconduct and corruption within Govt. agencies under the Obama administration...
So Obama invented misconduct and corruption within Govt agencies? Wow over a year out of office and he still gets credit for everything. Gotta love it.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: Iamonlyhuman
Ordinarily, I come down firmly on the side of protecting sources and methods when it comes to intelligence activities.
But when those sources and methods are nothing more than "we got a dossier...and then the media reported on the dossier, which allowed us to say the dossier was legit, and that got us our warrant" I'm not even willing to entertain the whole sources and methods debate. Complete non-issue in my book, because of what those sources and methods were/are.
originally posted by: Iamonlyhuman
I do think the memo revealed sources and methods of the FBI... It's just that we already knew about these sources and methods so, technically, what the Dems and their tools are saying is correct.