Paul L. Caron
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

The IRS Scandal, Day 1238

IRS Logo 2Wall Street Journal, An Impeachment, the IRS and Accountability:

Regarding Rep. John Conyers’s op-ed A Dangerous Rush to Impeach John Koskinen (Sept. 23): My understanding of Mr. Koskinen’s actions is that as head of the IRS he did nothing to stop the destruction of email evidence, has not provided documentation requested under the FOIA and has continued to obstruct and obfuscate requests for information by the House of Representatives. If this is correct, I ask Rep. Conyers to explain, in a bipartisan fashion, why these as well as other IRS actions are not actions in “deliberate bad faith.” As head of the IRS, he is accountable for all actions taken by the IRS, period.
Stephen Kane
Troy, Mich.

Rep. Conyers lets the cat out of the bag in telling us that in government you must prove someone acted in bad faith to get fired. Mr. Conyers, in the private sector in Illinois and some other states, an employer doesn’t have to have a reason to fire someone. But Mr. Koskinen can be oblivious to employee malfeasance and not be held responsible. I bet Wells Fargo Chief Executive John Stumpf wishes he were head of a government agency.
Ken Nelson
Chicago

I’m pretty sure that if John Koskinen’s agency had targeted liberals using the IRS’s vast power, John Conyers would be leading the charge for impeachment.
Tom Fleming
Caseyville, Ill.

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Comments

Yup, yup, and yup.

Posted by: wodun | Sep 28, 2016 9:54:02 PM