House Panel Said to Accuse Lerner of Disclosing IRS Data
By Richard Rubin Apr 8, 2014 1:53 PM ET
The House Ways and Means Committee plans to send a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder saying former IRS executive Lois Lerner should be prosecuted for violating taxpayers’ rights, misleading investigators and disclosing taxpayers’ private information, a House aide said.
The aide, who has knowledge of the letter, spoke on condition of anonymity before the panel’s scheduled vote tomorrow.
Lerner, who retired from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as director of exempt organizations, said at a congressional hearing last year that she has done nothing wrong and committed no crime. Her office gave extra scrutiny to small-government groups seeking tax-exempt status.
Since May 2013, when Lerner revealed the agency’s actions in response to a planted question at a tax conference, the IRS has changed its leadership and congressional committees have been investigating. The Justice Department has also been investigating. No charges have been filed.
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