The IRS Scandal, Day 1145

Forbes:  IRS Targeting Scandal: Citizens United, Lois Lerner And The $20M Tax Saga That Won't Go Away, by Kelly Phillips Erb:

It was the question heard round the tax world. But it was the answer that made waves. In 2013, then Acting Director of Exempt Organizations at IRS, Lois Lerner, apologized to a room of tax lawyers for the IRS’s inappropriate targeting of conservative political groups. Her comments set off a chain of events that would slash IRS funds, fire officials and consider impeachment proceedings for IRS Commissioner Koskinen’s actions. But the scandal didn’t begin or end there.

July 2008:  In the run-up to the presidential election, Citizens United, a conservative lobbying group, wants to air a series of commercials promoting a film targeting Hillary Clinton, who was seeking the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that they couldn’t, finding that it was a violation of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (also known as the McCain–Feingold Act). The group appealed. ...

June 22, 2016: ”We’re moving into uncharted waters,” Michael J. Gerhardt, a UNC Chapel Hall constitutional law professor, tells the Judiciary House Committee. Testifing about potential impeachment charges against IRS Commissioner Koskinen, Gerhardt said, “The House has never impeached a sub-Cabinet official. I would urge everyone here to look at alternatives.” He testified “the Founders did not want high-ranking officials in the executive or judicial branches to be subject to impeachment for their mistakes in office,” suggesting impeachment be reserved for more serious offenses.

Koskinen did not attend the hearing, and the IRS did not release an official comment on the proceedings.

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