https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/657628000297590785
You know, for something called the Justice Department, very little actual justice seems be getting done.
BREAKING FIRST ON @CNN: Justice Deparptment closes Lois Lerner investigation with no charges
— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) October 23, 2015
Former IRS official will not face charges for targeting political groups – https://t.co/4kGK7SPuhq https://t.co/Mf3zMy2nS0
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 23, 2015
More from CNN:
There will be no charges against former IRS official Lois Lerner or anyone else at the agency, the Justice Department said in a letter.
The probe found “substantial evidence of mismanagement, poor judgment and institutional inertia leading to the belief by many tax-exempt applicants that the IRS targeted them based on their political viewpoints. But poor management is not a crime.”
“We found no evidence that any IRS official acted based on political, discriminatory, corrupt, or other inappropriate motives that would support a criminal prosecution,” Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik said in the letter. “We also found no evidence that any official involved in the handling of tax-exempt applications or IRS leadership attempted to obstruct justice. Based on the evidence developed in this investigation and the recommendation of experienced career prosecutors and supervising attorneys at the department, we are closing our investigation and will not seek any criminal charges.”
Shocking? Not exactly.
Of course they did. https://t.co/aRjBjfXw35
— LaurieAnn ??♂️? (@mooshakins) October 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/657628528733736960
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/657626849418285057
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/657629166221795328
https://twitter.com/bccover/status/657630439365083136
https://twitter.com/GlomarResponder/status/657628278585499648
Lois Lerner will not face charges from DOJ. Noooooo wayyyyy.
— Danny (@DannyPace) October 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/GIJane513/status/657632627428601856
Of course Lois Lerner won’t face criminal charges. She was doing her job, protecting @TheDemocrats.
— Erik Soderstrom (@soderstrom) October 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/657630708966563840
https://twitter.com/MattCover/status/657632597959421952
What, you actually thought they'd prosecute Lois Lerner and give her reason to talk about what led to using the IRS to target conservatives?
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) October 23, 2015
So this isn’t surprising. Like, at all. But pathetic? Sickening? You bet.
#BREAKING: No charges to be brought against #LoisLerner – case closed. https://t.co/9E2ouKAipN What a load of BS pic.twitter.com/gnmDgjbUSp
— Jerry Doyle (@jerrydoyle) October 23, 2015
They didn’t find what they didn’t want to find.https://t.co/6QF3LQpEWm
— Bob Beasley (@13013B) October 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/robsaker/status/657632489972871170
Thanks to a corrupt administration Lois Lerner will not go to jail.
— Rich Finck (@richfinck) October 23, 2015
In the age of Obama, even the DOJ is hopelessly corrupt. https://t.co/iFy6AYxBSR
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 23, 2015
It’s truly sad.
Lois Lerner off the hook for using the IRS as a weapon – tell me more about how they're going to go after Hillary in any meaningful way.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) October 23, 2015
Good luck hoping on that Hillary indictment, you guys https://t.co/6TGZGzZtlt
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) October 23, 2015
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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