Fake Outrage From Fake GOP Over Lerner (Berman)

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Fake Outrage From Fake GOP Over Lerner

By Steve Berman  |  September 8, 2017, 04:42pm  |  @stevengberman

I happen to agree with the Department of Justice’s decision to take a pass on prosecuting Lois Lerner for her obvious bias against conservative groups under the Obama administration. It’s a terrible precedent for one administration to reach back into a previous civil service scandal just to get revenge or make political points.

Rep. Kevin Brady, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee faked outrage for the quote “terrible decision” unquote, which he knew full well was coming. The Washington Examiner reported Friday:

“I have the utmost respect for Attorney General [Jeff] Sessions, but I’m troubled by his Department’s lack of action to fully respond to our request and deliver accountability,” the Texas lawmaker said in a statement.

Come now. John Koskinen is the IRS Commissioner. He was IRS Commissioner under Obama for three years, and Trump hasn’t seen fit to replace him, despite him being 78 years old. Koskinen presided over the lost-then-found Lerner 30,000 email fiasco.

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http://theresurgent.com/fake-outrage-from-fake-gop-over-lerner/

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It’s a terrible precedent for one administration to reach back into a previous civil service scandal just to get revenge or make political points.

But presumably its OK for a past administration to reach forward to create a scandal in a subsequent administration for the purpose of 'revenge or make political points'.

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It’s a terrible precedent for one administration to reach back into a previous civil service scandal just to get revenge or make political points.

Nope, it is called seeking justice.

If one does not do that, the criminal behavior will continue to be even more rampant, and the Lois Lerners and Eric Holders can simply run out the clock with impunity.

[Oceander]

So, tell me again about how Trump was going to drain that there swamp in D.C.

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GOP Lawmakers Slam Sessions for Deciding Not to Prosecute Lois Lerner

Roskam: 'This is a miscarriage of justice'

BY:  Susan Crabtree   
September 8, 2017 4:50 pm

Two prominent House Republicans criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions for declining to reopen a criminal investigation into charges that former IRS Director Lois Lerner violated several federal laws by targeting conservative groups and lying to Congress during its three-year probe.

House Ways and Means Committee chairman Kevin Brady (R., Texas) and Rep. Peter Roskam (R., Ill.), who chairs the panel’s tax policy subcommittee, angrily reacted to a Thursday letter from Sessions’ informing them of the Department of Justice’s decision not to reopen a criminal investigation against Lerner.

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http://freebeacon.com/politics/gop-lawmakers-slam-sessions-deciding-not-prosecute-lois-lerner/