Another Day, Another Impeachment Hearing for IRS Commish

Although it has been demonstrated that numerous things Commissioner Koskinen testified to congress have proven to be false, he will likely not face any consequences for his actions.  Regarding the attempts to comply with a 2013 congressional subpoena to turn over to congress all communications from Lois Lerner during the time period of the targeting scandal, he told congress in the summer of 2014 that thousands of employee hours and millions of dollars had been spent in the effort to comply with the subpoena.  When in fact, virtually nothing was done to comply with it.  The IT technology chief issued a preservation order to preserve all emails, but that direction never went to those responsible for recycling (erasing) old hard drives and back up tapes.  When the Inspector General drove to that office in Martinsburg Virginia and requested related information, they received some back up tapes with roughly 1,000 emails from Lois Lerner.  They told the IG that they had never received any communication from anyone regarding the need to preserve anything related to the targeting scandal.  Here’s a link that discusses the timeline for the destruction of evidence relating to the congressional subpoena. So, what happened to the two employees blamed for destroying 422 back up tapes containing the information in the subpoena?  Absolutely nothing.  They have both been transferred to different positions but still work at the IRS.  It appears the only people capable of holding crooked politicians accountable are the voters.

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