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Head IRS Lizzard's Impeachment Going Nowhere Fast
2016-06-23
[Daily Caller] What comes next in the House Republicans’ campaign to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen remains unclear following Wednesday’s "misconduct" proceedings, which House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte refused to describe as an "impeachment" hearing.
"What comes next" ? Absolutely nothing.
Members of the committee and legal experts sparred over whether Koskinen’s alleged misconduct of defying congressional subpoenas and providing false testimony to Congress on the IRS targeting scandal rises to the level of gross negligence that meets the "high crimes and misdemeanors" impeachment standard in the U.S. Constitution.

The scandal occurred because hundreds of Tea Party, conservative and evangelical non-profit applicants were targeted and harassed by IRS officials during the 2010 and 2012 election campaigns

Democrats listening to Wednesday’s testimony seized the "misconduct" title of the session, noting that it, like the May proceeding of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the same topic, was also not described officially with the word "impeachment."
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  The speed at whish the House is moving makes me think Ryan was the model used in the Pixar 'Turbo' film.....
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2016-06-23 15:21  

#2  When Koskinen came in and flipped off Congress, no reasonable person could describe his behavior as 'misconduct' or 'gross negligence'. Show some balls, vote to impeach and bring it to the House floor for a vote, as soon as the Baby Dems get through with their little temper tantrum.
Posted by: Raj   2016-06-23 09:59  

#1  Well, the GOPe may be corrupt, ineffectual liars who can only get energetized when fighting the base -- but at least they're not crude like that awful Trump.

That's what's important.

Posted by: charger   2016-06-23 09:36  

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