Jindal Says IRS Officials Should Go To Jail For Targeting

Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA)
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) on Saturday will call for jail time for Internal Revenue Service officials who engaged in improper targeting of conservative organizations.

“You cannot take the freedom of law-abiding Americans, whether you disagree with them or not, and keep your own freedom,” Jindal will say in a speech at the Virginia Republican convention, according to Politico. “When you do that, you go to jail.”

Jindal will also call the IRS targeting “simply un-American.”

His remarks echo those made earlier this week by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH).

“My question isn’t about who is going to resign,” Boehner told reporters. “My question is who’s going to jail over this scandal?”

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