Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Affairs, is tired of fighting to get information from the IRS on its targeting of conservative and Tea Party groups during the 2012 election cycle.
24,000 #LoisLerner emails destroyed by #IRS #IRSfail pic.twitter.com/9FiiLTQ4OZ
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) July 27, 2015
On Monday, Chaffetz sent a letter to President Obama calling for the firing of IRS chief John Koskinen, who he says has obstructed the committee’s investigation for years.
“Mr. Koskinen should no longer be the IRS commissioner,” Chaffetz said in prepared remarks for a Capitol Hill press conference announcing his request. “At best, Commissioner Koskinen was derelict in his duties to preserve agency records. At worst, he and the IRS engaged in an orchestrated plan to hide information from Congress.”
It’s too bad more people won’t hear those allegations.
House Oversight CMT chmn Chaffetz calls for ouster of IRS chief, threatens impeachment. NY Times, Washington Post, USA Today: not a word.
— Brit Hume (@brithume) July 28, 2015
@brithume Not even to say "pounce" ?
— rojohnny (@rojohnny54) July 28, 2015
@brithume When people stop acting shocked to find that most media and most politicians are corrupt to the core, true change may begin.
— Colorado (@Colorado_Right) July 28, 2015
@brithume rule of law is dead Brit. Members of the political Establishment can break the law at will w no consequences.
— Gareth Bryne ⚔️ (@kmjoseph705) July 28, 2015
https://twitter.com/Illuminatas/status/626109723230605312
@Illuminatas @brithume maybe, but this is true:
Well connected politicians can break law for politically correct reasons w no consequences.
— Gareth Bryne ⚔️ (@kmjoseph705) July 28, 2015
@brithume PAST time for Clowngress to do something about Koskinen's lying under oath and obfuscation instead of sitting on their hands.
— Sandy Smartass (@SandySmartass) July 28, 2015
@brithume It seems that we need more media organizations then.
— Jeffrey Batchelor (@jeffreybatchelo) July 28, 2015
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