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| IRS boss is just begging to be impeached |
| 2016-05-27 |
| [NYPOST] Four years after the IRS ...the Internal Revenue Service; that office of the United States government that collects taxes and persecutes the regime's political enemies... hobbled conservative groups by targeting them for extra scrutiny, the agency’s still playing politics. No wonder Congress is looking to impeach its boss, John Koskinen. At a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, Republican politicians gave specific reasons for their move: his lies under oath, his flouting of a congressional subpoena -- and his repeated defiance. Koskinen’s response? Ha! He didn’t even bother to show up. Koskinen was supposed to "fix" the IRS after the scandal erupted over targeting conservatives. Yet his real purpose seemed to be running interference, covering up information and shielding the agency (and Team Obama) from consequences. Shockingly, he and his agency are continuing that pattern to this day: A lawsuit filed Monday by the Cause of Action Institute accuses the IRS and its boss of refusing to preserve official business electronic communications, as required by law. The IRS and Koskinen "have a legal obligation to preserve official work communications between employees," says the group’s president, Alfred Lechner Jr. "It appears the federal records are being deleted because the IRS, in a deal with its employee union, refuses to preserve certain types of electronic communications." The House hasn’t sought to impeach an executive-branch official other than the president since 1876 (then-Secretary of War William Belknap quit before the proceedings finished), and Koskinen whines such action against him will deter young people from government. But given his behavior, you can’t say he’s not asking for it. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Need to freeze all public pensions and roll them into 401ks (as was done throughout the private sector in the 1980s) to enfranchise them with vicissitudes of the economy of the governed. |
| Posted by: Regular joe 2016-05-27 16:55 |
| #9 What is the jail term for impeachment? I'm thinking a proper legal trial that will put the guy away for a decade or more if he's proven guilty. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-05-27 15:11 |
| #8 "Left Behind" - live stage entertainment coming to you this winter, as Berry transfixed with his time killing self adulation, just can't find sufficient focus or energy to sign enough pardons to cover all of his faithful minions. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-05-27 15:08 |
| #7 It was Bobby, all he had was a small pension from his national guard days. It was his case that started the bipartisan presidential pension. He did finally get one. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-05-27 14:25 |
| #6 I think they should all take the same pension as Truman. He was a Democrat, wasn't he? I'm thinking his pension was zero. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-05-27 12:59 |
| #5 Yes. Go for the pension: that's all these govt hacks hold dear. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2016-05-27 12:42 |
| #4 The one thing everyone inside the beltway can agree on is to protect the corruption... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2016-05-27 12:27 |
| #3 Congbuki to help Ryan in his primary fight. Nothing will happen. |
| Posted by: charger 2016-05-27 11:52 |
| #2 The politicos are afraid to impeach and convict other politicians and appointed bureaucrats for fear that they might be next. It would disrupt the cozy/chummy Beltway Party. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-05-27 09:07 |
| #1 If it would deter young slimy, self-serving political hack wannabes, it might be a good thing, John. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-05-27 07:42 |