A bombshell revelation has brought the IRS scandal to a new level. Judicial Watch has released internal IRS communications revealing that former Tax Exempt Organizations director Lois Lerner was in contact with the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding whether it was possible to criminally prosecute tax-exempt groups she believed had “lied” about their political activity. Judicial Watch obtained the documents by successfully filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the IRS in October 2013, following the agency’s stonewall of four FOIA requests dating back to the previous May.
Contained in those documents is an email exchange between Lerner and Nikole C. Flax, then-Chief of Staff to then-Acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller. On May 8, 2013, Lerner sent the following email to Flax:
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It's time for Lerner to start talking or be held in contempt of congress. If she is convicted of a crime her benefits should be revoked, end of story. No deals, just jail time. A healthy fine to pay for stalling congress too!
ReplyDeleteI thought this was going to be the "most transparent administration in history" according to Obama himself. So much for that when a top official takes the 5th.
ReplyDeleteLock her and Hillary up and they would be glad too talk !
ReplyDeleteHillary/Lerner for Prison 2016
ReplyDeleteGreat bumper sticker!