The IRS Scandal, Day 933

Washington Times, Impeach IRS Chief John Koskinen: Congress Must Halt the Tax Agency’s Partisan Scheming, by Alexander Hendrie:

After revelations that the Internal Revenue Service was restricting political speech and targeting conservative and tea party groups, John Koskinen was appointed to head the agency, promising reform and transparency.

These promises never came to fruition. Instead of admitting fault, Mr. Koskinen’s IRS refused to admit wrongdoing and undertook a concerted effort to evade and stonewall congressional investigations.

Investigations into the Lois Lerner targeting scandal have since concluded. A detailed report compiled by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Republican Chairman Jason Chaffetz of Utah has determined that the IRS misled Congress and failed to serve the American people during the targeting and the resulting investigation.

Now the agency must be held accountable from the top down.

Following the release of the findings, congressional investigators called on Mr. Koskinen to resign. He refused.

Investigators called on President Obama to remove him. The president refused.

Then last month, the Obama Department of Justice announced that no IRS employee, including Lois Lerner, would face criminal charges over targeting conservative groups. The Justice Department dismissed the treatment of groups as mere “mismanagement, poor judgment and institutional inertia,” despite the fact that just one conservative group was granted nonprofit status in the three-year time period between February 2009 and May 2012.

The next logical step is to impeach Mr. Koskinen, and Mr. Chaffetz has done what he should by introducing articles of impeachment. ...

While it is clear that there is much to fix in this out-of-control agency, reform can only go so far as long as the commissioner remains so intent on behaving as a political actor.

Step One must be installing new leadership. John Koskinen should be impeached.

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