Issa slams Lois Lerner in report on IRS targeting

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Source: Washington Post

Rep. Darrell Issa issued scathing conclusions Tuesday about Lois Lerner’s involvement in the Internal Revenue Service’s scrutiny of advocacy groups.

The California Republican and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a 141-page report saying Lerner “led efforts to scrutinize conservative groups while working to maintain a veneer of objective enforcement.” He also accused her of obstructing the oversight committee’s investigation and misleading Congress.

The panel is considering whether to hold Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about the IRS’s screening methods.

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E-mails in Issa’s report show that Lerner discussed launching a project to ensure that nonprofit advocacy groups complied with tax law, but they show no explicit directions to focus on conservative organizations.


Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/issa-slams-lois-lerner-in-report-on-irs-targeting/2014/03/11/6db773b4-a947-11e3-8599-ce7295b6851c_story.html

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1. The ONLY person who told someone to focus ONLY on RW groups was Darrell Issa, when he directed IG

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to ONLY report on RW groups being scrutinized and no other group. Corporate media sure isn't interested in this crucial fact - they applaud Issa and Lerner's dogandpony show every step of the way.

The Hill:
June 26, 2013, 12:11 am

IG: Audit of IRS actions limited to Tea Party groups at GOP request

The Treasury inspector general (IG) whose report helped drive the IRS targeting controversy says it limited its examination to conservative groups because of a request from House Republicans.

A spokesman for Russell George, Treasury’s inspector general for tax administration, said they were asked by House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) “to narrowly focus on Tea Party organizations.”

The inspector general’s audit found that groups seeking tax-exempt status with “Tea Party” and “patriots” in their name did receive extra attention from the IRS, with some facing years of delay and inappropriate questions from the agency.
But top congressional Democrats have wielded new information from the IRS this week that liberal groups were also flagged for extra attention on the sorts of “be on the lookout” lists (BOLOs) that also tripped up conservative groups.

The spokesman for the Treasury inspector general noted their audit acknowledged there were other watch lists. But the spokesman added: "We did not review the use, disposition, purpose or content of the other BOLOs. That was outside the scope of our audit.”



Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/307813-irs-ig-says-audit-limited-to-tea-party-groups#ixzz2vmu3QO5I

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2. I wish Issa would go after Lois Lane

I'd love to see him beaten up by Superman.

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3. F* yourself

and leave the rest of us alone, you lying criminal piece of shit, Issa. How in the world did hte Repugs put him in charge of ethics. They must be laughing their heads off at foisting him on the rest of Congress.

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5. It's not the Ethics Committee, which has jurisdiction over allegations of member misconduct.

It's the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

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6. Thanks

My bad. Of course, he shouldn't be there either for the same reasons.

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4. Wait a minute.....

Lois Lerner???? Wasn't she involved in Benghazi?