Lerner's Love Letters

I was going throughout my unread Globes when I found them!

"Former IRS official disparaged GOP in e-mails

WASHINGTON — A former IRS official at the heart of the agency’s Tea Party controversy called Republicans ‘‘crazies’’ and more in newly released e-mails.

And worse from what I heard and saw.

Lois Lerner used to head the IRS division that handles applications for tax-exempt status. In a series of e-mails with a colleague in November 2012, Lerner made two disparaging remarks about members of the GOP, including one remark that was profane.

Republican Representative Dave Camp, who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee, released the e-mails Wednesday as part of his committee’s inquiry.

Camp says the e-mails show Lerner’s disgust with conservatives."

Related: Lerner's Lost Letters 

Now we know why.

House votes to slash IRS tax enforcement budget

They hate AmeriKa!

"US official faces House panel’s criticism in IRS inquiry; Lawmakers call for independent prosecutor again" by Eric Tucker | Associated Press   July 18, 2014

WASHINGTON — Republicans chastised the Justice Department on Thursday for failing to share information with Congress about its inquiry into the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service. Lawmakers called anew for a special prosecutor to look into the matter.

The criticism during a House subcommittee meeting came as James Cole, a deputy attorney general and the Justice Department’s No. 2 official, said the investigation has been broadened to include the disappearance of e-mails from the computer of Lois Lerner, who formerly headed the IRS division that deals with tax-exempt organizations.

Representative Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican who leads the subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Regulatory Affairs, told Cole that he had ‘‘serious concerns’’ about the investigation and asked what it would take for an independent prosecutor to be appointed. He also demanded that prosecutors investigate why it took the IRS two months to publicly report the missing e-mails.

Jordan asked, ‘‘Are you going to look at the fact that the head of the agency that targeted conservative groups knew in April and didn’t tell us’’ until June?

Cole, who said the Justice Department did not learn about the e-mail loss until after it was reported in the news media, said he did not know the reason for the two-month lag but that he expected it to be looked into as part of the broader investigation.

Lerner, who refused to answer questions at two House committee hearings, has become a central figure in several congressional inquiries on the handling of applications for tax-exempt status by Tea Party groups. At both hearings, Lerner cited her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself. In May, the Republican-led House voted to hold Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify.

Can't we talk about this?

The IRS revealed last month that it lost the e-mails in 2011 when Lerner’s computer crashed. IRS commissioner John Koskinen has said he has seen no evidence that anyone committed a crime in connection with the lost e-mails. There is no evidence that Lerner intentionally destroyed them, he said, adding that the IRS has gone to great lengths in trying to retrieve lost documents on her computer.

Lerner’s attorney, William Taylor III, declined to comment.

The disclosure by Lerner in May 2013 that the IRS had engaged in ‘‘inappropriate’’ targeting of conservatives set off a political firestorm that continues to flare in this election year. Word that investigators are broadening their inquiry to include the missing e-mails comes as Republican lawmakers accuse the Obama administration of failing to cooperate in their investigation and failing to take the matter seriously enough.

It's all about the law with me. They impeached Nixon for this stuff.

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Did all I could to repair the relation$hip.

Also see: IRS crackdown starts with penalty on overseas banks

Grabbing loot wherever they can get their grubby mitts on it.