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IRS Commissioner Subpoenaed to Testify on Lois Lerner’s ‘Lost’ Emails
Rep. Jason Chaffetz was even more perplexed than most Americans when he heard last week that the Internal Revenue Service had lost two years of Lois Lerner’s emails. He had been told “they’re there” by no less than IRS Commissioner John Koskinen himself. Lerner directed the IRS’ tax-exempt division at a time tea-party groups faced…Natalie Johnson -
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Justice Department’s Latest Action Violates Federal Immigration Law
Attorney General Eric Holder announced on June 6 the Justice Department will use taxpayer funds to “enroll approximately 100 lawyers and paralegals as AmeriCorps members to provide legal services” to “young people who must appear in immigration proceedings.” This will be accomplished through Justice Department grants to the Corporation for National and Community Service, a…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Attkisson: 9 Requests Lawmakers Should Make About Lois Lerner’s Missing Emails
As congressional investigators ponder how a computer crash caused two years of Lois Lerner’s emails to disappear, investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson outlined several questions lawmakers should be asking the Internal Revenue Service. During Lerner’s tenure at the IRS, tea party groups applying for tax-exempt status routinely were subjected to additional scrutiny and delays in their…Melissa Quinn -
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IRS ‘Lost’ Lois Lerner’s Emails at Time of Tea Party Targeting
Congressional investigators reacted with outrage to the Internal Revenue Service’s claim that it lost two years of Lois Lerner’s emails during a period when the agency targeted tea party groups. “Do they really expect the American people to believe that, after having withheld these emails for a year, they’re just now realizing the most critical…Rob Bluey -
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Operation Choke Point: FDIC Cooperated with Justice Department
When reports of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Operation Choke Point surfaced in 2013, the Obama Administration insisted that the program was meant to stop fraudulent activity. The main idea, supposedly, was to “choke off” illegal businesses’ access to funds. According to one DOJ official, the operation was designed to change “the structures within the…Norbert Michel -
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Obama’s Enforcer: Eric Holder’s Justice Department
The evidence is clear that Eric Holder and his political subordinates have politicized the Justice Department to an unprecedented degree — “worse than John Mitchell under Richard Nixon” one former Justice Department lawyer told the authors. This is quite a criticism given that many DOJ veterans believe that the Department reached its nadir under Mitchell. …Hans von Spakovsky