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| Trump names replacement for IRS boss Koskinen, as Tea Party suits settled |
| 2017-10-27 |
| [FOXNEWS] The White House has named a Treasury official to succeed John Koskinen at the helm of the IRS ...the Internal Revenue Service; that office of the United States government that collects taxes and persecutes the regime's political enemies... next month, while allowing the controversial commissioner to finish out his five-year term. David Kautter will serve as acting IRS commissioner beginning Nov. 13, the last day of Koskinen’s term, the White House said. "Assistant Secretary Kautter has had an illustrious 40-year career in tax policy, and I am confident that the IRS and the American people will benefit from his experience and insight," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement, noting the Senate would still have to confirm a permanent commissioner. The announcement came as the Trump Justice Department settled lawsuits with Tea Party and other conservative groups targeted for extra scrutiny by officials in the Obama IRS. Koskinen was brought in to lead the agency in the wake of that scandal, but Republicans criticized him for an allegedly slow response. GOP politicians for months had called on Trump to remove Koskinen before the end of his five-year term. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Chainsaw vasectomy for Koskinen please. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-10-27 12:44 |
| #8 Garnish Koskinen and Lerner's retirement to pay out the settlement. Show the apparatchiks that there will be consequences. |
| Posted by: magpie 2017-10-27 10:56 |
| #7 Everyone involved should be in prison. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-10-27 10:41 |
| #6 Settled? So who went to jail? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-10-27 09:05 |
| #5 Get rid of the 16th Amendment and the IRS at the same time. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-10-27 08:18 |
| #4 The “generous” settlements are paid by the taxpayer and the perps get off scot free with their bonuses and commendations. |
| Posted by: KBK 2017-10-27 08:13 |
| #3 The IRS is the agency everyone loves to hate. It is the lifeblood of the Deep State. The IRS has had 7 Commissioners in slightly over 10 years. Some have been acting commissioners. Some have held office only a short time. The turnover has created turmoil. The weaponization of the IRS by the last administration ruined any reputation the IRS might have had. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-10-27 07:57 |
| #2 Koskinen and Lerner are cowardly feather merchants who were likely backstopped at the highest levels of the government. They were simply following orders. They will never be prosecuted. To do so would reveal their Kenyan benefactor. This will not be permitted. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-10-27 01:38 |
| #1 'Settled', for a) no financial recourse to the plaintiffs and b) if I understand this right, there are still a number of these org's that haven't been granted 501(c) status. In other words, Lerner & Co. completely got away with it. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-10-27 01:33 |