Friday, July 17, 2015
The IRS Scandal, Day 799
Library of Law & Liberty: Impeachment of the IRS Commissioner, by Mike Rappaport (San Diego):
I have long believed that the House Republicans should be using their impeachment power against the IRS. I thought that they should have seriously considered impeaching Lois Lerner (although I suppose there is question whether she was a constitutional officer). I certainly believe that they should consider whether to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen and other relevant IRS officials. (Note: the House impeaches or accuses; the Senate tries the official and can convict with a two thirds majority.)
It is true that an impeachment of the IRS Commissioner will not directly affect the President or the White House. But it is important to use the tools that the Congress has to police wrongdoing and impeachment is one of them. ...
Once it becomes clear that officials may be impeached, their will be greater reluctance on the part of officials to engage in wrongdoing. Moreover, the impeachment may reveal information about wrongdoing by the White House. ...
It is true that while the House can impeach an official with a majority vote, a conviction and removal from office requires a two thirds vote of the Senate. Thus, depending on the evidence against the official and the degree of politics at work in the Senate, it is possible that an official who should be removed would not be convicted in the Senate. But that is not a serious problem in my view.
Washington Free Beacon, Rep. Jim Jordan: ‘Definitely’ Looking at Possibility of Impeaching IRS Commissioner:
Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) said that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is “definitely” looking at the possibility of impeaching IRS Commissioner John Koskinen in an interview with the Washington Free Beacon on Thursday.
“We are definitely looking at that,” Jordan said. “Definitely looking at that. I’ll say this, Mr. Koskinen has on more than one occasion come in front of the committee and conveyed information to the committee that later turned out not to be accurate.” ...
Jordan said that impeachment is a possibility for the IRS commissioner.
“When you have an individual who’s head of an agency with this kind of power the Internal Revenue Service has, who has stated things under oath that turned out later to be false, that’s a problem,” he said. “Couple that with the false information that was sent out to a lot of Obamacare enrollees that impacted their tax liability that was just false, and some of the data breaches that have taken place there too—so the main focus is, of course, the targeting scandal and his answers to questions in front of the committee under oath that I’ve said later turned out to be untrue.”
“But there’s also these other things, so that’s something that the committee is looking at but there’s a certain amount of homework you’ve got to do before you start down that path,” he said. “So we’re looking at it.” ...
Jordan also expressed skepticism about the Justice Department’s handling of the IRS controversy.
“Everyone knows the fix is in at the Justice Department,” said Jordan. “The FBI announced a year and a half ago, according to the Wall Street Journal, that no one was going to be prosecuted. The President made his famous statement on Super Bowl Sunday a year and a half ago that there’s no corruption, not even a smidgen, and the lead attorney on the case is Barbara Bosserman who’s a maxed-out contributor to the President’s campaign.”
“So everyone knows the fix is in, and what really tells you that the fix is in with the Justice Department investigation is Lois Lerner was willing to sit down with Justice Department attorneys, Ms. Bosserman and her team, and answer their questions but she’s not willing to answer members of Congress’ questions,” said Jordan.
- The IRS Scandal, Day 798 (July 16, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 797 (July 15, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 796 (July 14, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 795 (July 13, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 794 (July 12, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 793 (July 11, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 792 (July 10, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 791 (July 9, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 790 (July 8, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 789 (July 7, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 788 (July 6, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 787 (July 5, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 786 (July 4, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 785 (July 3, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 784 (July 2, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 783 (July 1, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 782 (June 30, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 781 (June 29, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 780 (June 29, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 779 (June 27, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 778 (June 26, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 777 (June 25, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 776 (June 24, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 775 (June 23, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 774 (June 22, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 773 (June 21, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 772 (June 20, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 771 (June 19, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 770 (June 18, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 769 (June 17, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 768 (June 16, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 767 (June 15, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 766 (June 14, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 765 (June 13, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 764 (June 12, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 763 (June 11, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 762 (June 10, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 761 (June 9, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 760 (June 8, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 759 (June 7, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 758 (June 6, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 757 (June 5, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 756 (June 4, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 755 (June 3, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 754 (June 2, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 753 (June 1, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 752 (May 31, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 751 (May 30, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 750 (May 29, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 749 (May 28, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 748 (May 27, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 747 (May 26, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 746 (May 25, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 745 (May 24, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 744 (May 23, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 743 (May 22, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 742 (May 21, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 741 (May 20, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 740 (May 19, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 739 (May 18, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 738 (May 17, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 737 (May 16, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 736 (May 15, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 735 (May 14, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 734 (May 13, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 733 (May 12, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 732 (May 11, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 731 (May 10, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Two Years And Counting (May 9, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 729 (May 8, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 728 (May 7, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 727 (May 6, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 726 (May 5, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 725 (May 4, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 724 (May 3, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 723 (May 2, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 722 (May 1, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 721 (Apr. 30, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 720 (Apr. 29, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 719 (Apr. 28, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 718 (Apr. 27, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 717 (Apr. 26, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 716 (Apr. 25, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 715 (Apr. 24, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 714 (Apr. 23, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 713 (Apr. 22, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 712 (Apr. 21, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 711 (Apr. 20, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 710 (Apr. 19, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 709 (Apr. 18, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 708 (Apr. 17, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 707 (Apr. 16, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 706 (Apr. 15, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 705 (Apr. 14, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 704 (Apr. 13, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 703 (Apr. 12, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 702 (Apr. 11, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 701 (Apr. 10, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 601-700 (Dec. 31, 2014 - April 9, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 501-600 (Sept. 22, 2014-Dec. 30, 2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 401-500 (June 14, 2014 - Sept. 21,2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 301-400 (Mar. 6, 2014 - June 13, 2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 201-300 (Nov. 26, 2013 - Mar. 5, 2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 101-200 (Aug. 18, 2013 - Nov. 25, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 1-100 (May 10, 2013 - Aug. 17, 2013)
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Comments
Wow... Publius....
So Democrats use the IRS to persecute political dissidents, much like what happened in WI and was viciously slapped down by their Supreme Court, and you are angry that the victims are seeking justice? Why are you not calling for justice yourself?
The non-Democrat groups never did anything wrong. Their behavior was not illegal and even after illegally examining the personal lives of the people involved, their friends, and business associates no crimes were found.
There was never a legal basis for the Democrats to act this way.
Posted by: wodun | Jul 17, 2015 9:43:52 AM
As is apparent from the two digests quoted above, conservatives and fellow travelers generally fall into three groups when considering and discussing the impeachment or imprisonment of LLerner and Commissioner Koskinen. The first wants them imprisoned immediately. The second wants them imprisoned after conviction. The third wants them tried and convicted before imprisoning them. Welcome to the Gulag, American-style.
Posted by: Publius Novus | Jul 17, 2015 7:13:54 AM
It is the most disgusting thing to first blame the victims for what happened to them and then to claim that the perpetrators are really the victims.
This is what happens when Democrats fail to learn from their past atrocities against their fellow Americans and emulate corrupt tyrannical socialist dictators.
Democrats were plotting to throw people in jail for not being Democrat. Its a national disgrace.
Posted by: wodun | Jul 17, 2015 9:47:05 AM