The IRS Scandal, Day 827

Politico, Lerner Slammed ‘Evil and Dishonest’ GOP Inquisitors:

At the height of the scandal over the IRS’ handling of political nonprofits, Lois Lerner privately let loose at her Republican tormentors, saying she invoked the Fifth Amendment because they had been “evil and dishonest” and accusing them of “hate mongering.”

A POLITICO examination of thousands of pages of emails and other material recently released by the Senate Finance Committee found previously unreported comments from Lerner, the central figure in the controversy, on everything from the inability of career IRS agents to handle “the sensitive stuff” to her views on the fiscal cliff.

When she was under investigation by Congress, she offered a blistering critique of her inquisitors. In a March 6, 2014, email, Lerner told a friend: “They called me back to testify on the IRS ‘scandal,’ and I too[k] the 5th again because they had been so evil and dishonest in my lawyer’s dealings with them.” ...

Republicans see a clear link between Lerner’s comments and the agency’s actions; Democrats don’t. The lack of ironclad proof that agents deliberately targeted groups because of political bias — or that they didn’t — means neither party can separate itself from the narrative it has held to for two years.

• The Blaze, Newly Released Trove of Lois Lerner Emails Reveal the Ex-IRS Official’s True Feelings About Republicans
• Fox News, Lerner, In Newly Released Emails, Calls GOP Critics 'Evil and Dishonest'
• Global Dispatch, Lois Lerner Emails: GOP Is ‘Evil’ ‘Hate Mongering’ and Feels She’s a ‘Pawn’
• Headline & Global News, Lois Lerner Says She Was A Pawn Of 'Evil And Dishonest' Republicans Trying To Take Over Senate
• The Hill, Lerner Called GOP Investigators 'Evil and Dishonest' in Emails
• IJR Review, She’s At the Center of the IRS Scandal, Yet She Thinks This Group Is ‘Dishonest and Evil’
• Investor's Business Daily, IRS Scandal: Lerner A Secessionist? No, She Just Hates Southerners
• News Busters, Lerner Rages Against 'Evil and Dishonest' Republicans, Will Nets Report?
• Newsmax, Lois Lerner Mocks 'Evil and Dishonest' GOP in Emails
• Washington Free Beacon, Lois Lerner: GOP is ‘Evil and Dishonest’
• Western Journalism, Uh-Oh: Lois Lerner Caught Saying 2 Words About Republicans That Could Doom Her

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