Fri Jun 13, 2014, 07:42 PM
Star Member alp227 (25,842 posts)
IRS Lost 2 Years of Lois Lerner’s Emails with Outsiders
Source: Accounting Today
The Internal Revenue Service claims to have lost two years’ worth of email messages between Lois Lerner, the former director of the Exempt Organizations unit who is facing contempt of Congress charges, and correspondents outside the agency.
Lerner has been under investigation since she revealed last year that the IRS Exempt Organizations unit had been using terms such as “Tea Party†and “Patriot†to screen applications from organizations applying for tax-exempt status. She asserted her Fifth Amendment rights in a pair of congressional hearings but gave a statement defending herself during the first hearing, and Republican lawmakers have filed contempt charges against her (see House Committee Refers Ex-IRS Official Lois Lerner to DOJ for Prosecution and House Holds Lerner in Contempt as IRS Probe Nears One-Year Mark).
Lawmakers have demanded all of Lerner’s emails from the IRS, and the agency agreed last month to turn over any of the remaining emails that had not already been given to the various congressional committees investigating the scandal (see IRS Agrees to Turn Over Remaining Lois Lerner Emails to Congress). However, the IRS has informed Congress that due to a computer crash, the IRS only has Lerner emails to and from other IRS employees during the period between January 2009 and April 2011. The IRS told lawmakers that it cannot produce emails written only to or from Lerner and outside agencies or groups, such as the White House, the Treasury, the Department of Justice, the Federal Election Commission, or lawmakers’ offices.
Read more: http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs_watch/irs-lost-2-years-of-lois-lerners-emails-with-outsiders-70979-1.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014825474A lot of mentions of Bush and Cheney in the replies to the OP. Understandable distractions since there is no excuse for what their corrupt little POS used car salesman and his minions are trying to get away with.
Response to alp227 (Original post)Fri Jun 13, 2014, 07:43 PM
randys1 (1,581 posts)
1. pathetic assholes, those republicans
Response to alp227 (Original post)Fri Jun 13, 2014, 07:48 PM
Star Member underpants (107,673 posts)
2. And how was W&Co. on turning over emails?
Cheney had a convenient fire that killed hard drives. Remember that?
At least this DUmmy acknowledges that there is a problem.
Response to alp227 (Original post)Fri Jun 13, 2014, 07:48 PM
Star Member ColesCountyDem (2,011 posts)
3. Oh, that's just effing GREAT!
More fuel for the wingnuts!
There is one DUmmy that will not be bogged down with acknowledgements or Bush/Cheney distractions. One pure, true believer fascist DUmmy.
Response to alp227 (Original post)Fri Jun 13, 2014, 08:20 PM
Spouting Horn (316 posts)
8. The Teabaggers
The Teabaggers and all the other wingnuts deserve to be harassed by the IRS.
Response to alp227 (Original post)Sat Jun 14, 2014, 01:21 AM
Raphael Campos (37 posts)
17. "...emails written only to or from Lerner and...the White House"?
Lois took the fall, but how far up does the responsibility go? Will we ever know?
Good question.
Response to Raphael Campos (Reply #17)Sat Jun 14, 2014, 06:29 AM
Star Member ColesCountyDem (2,011 posts)
20. That's an odd question to ask, on a progressive discussion site.
Do you have any reason whatsoever to believe that the responsibility goes above and beyond Ms. Lerner?
Welcome to DU Raphael Campos.
Response to ColesCountyDem (Reply #20)Sat Jun 14, 2014, 10:53 AM
Raphael Campos (37 posts)
22. The missing emails.
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And since when is it "odd" to mention facts or ask questions on a progressive discussion site?
When the facts or the questions asked reflect poorly on the POS used car salesman.
