Key members of the House Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform expressed outrage at revelations made in newly released
emails showing ex-IRS official Lois Lerner coordinating with the
Department of Justice on prosecuting nonprofit groups.
One committee member said the emails prove why the IRS is
“scared to give up the rest of Lois Lerner’s emails.” IRS commissioner John
Koskinen was recently threatened with contempt for stonewalling the committee’s
investigation. Koskinen claimed in a hearing that it could take years to
provide the documents requested by Oversight.
“The release of new documents underscores the political
nature of IRS Tea Party targeting and the extent to which supposed apolitical
officials took direction from elected Democrats,” Oversight chairman Rep.
Darrell Issa said in a statement. “These e-mails are part of an overwhelming
body of evidence that political pressure from prominent Democrats led to the
targeting of Americans for their political beliefs.”….To Read More……..
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