WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to hold a former Internal Revenue Service official in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify at a pair of committee hearings about her role in the agency’s tea party controversy.
Lois Lerner directed the IRS division that processes applications for tax-exempt status. A year ago, Lerner publicly disclosed that agents had improperly singled out tea party applications for extra, sometimes burdensome scrutiny.
An inspector general’s report blamed poor management but found no evidence of a political conspiracy. Many Republicans in Congress believe otherwise.
House Democrats say Wednesday’s vote was little more than an election-year ploy to fire up the GOP base.
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Political hacks make political decision against political enemy…Film At 11.
This should have not have happened. That women invoked her 5th amendment right against self incrimination. Issa is out of control.
$14 million spent by the IRS to fulfill what Congress requested for documents; Elijah Cumming D-MD: “After all of that, we have not found any evidence of White House involvement,” he said. “I will not walk a path that has been treaded by Senator Joseph McCarthy.” Clearly he’s one of the few guys on the committee with morals. I sometimes wonder how much more of the witch hunt Lerner can endure and decides to take the worst possible way out.
The defining attribute of the GOTP: If we don’t believe it, it must not be true! Never mind the findings of investigators or panels or scientists or common sense, if we don’t believe it, it ain’t true!
I think we should try it… everyone on the count of three, stop believing in RWNJs!
One…
Two…
That will show her to exercise her Constitution rights before that kangaroo court.