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re: "Lerner Breaks Her Silence" -- Politico

Posted on 9/22/14 at 6:10 am to
Posted by the808bass
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Posted on 9/22/14 at 6:10 am to
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“You could take her out of there and just stand in a different person, and no matter who it is, we would have the same result,” said Karen Gries, a tax lawyer who worked with Lerner. “I don’t believe this is reflective of Lois the individual or Lois the professional.”

This may be somewhat of a defense of Lois (it's not a good one). And I believe that it's true. And it demonstrates exactly how bad this situation really is.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 9/22/14 at 6:13 am to
I must have missed where she was put under oath.
Posted by S.E.C. Crazy
Alabama
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 9/22/14 at 10:54 am to
Politico trying to confuse the situation with a fluff piece.

Lerner, in 1996 at the FEC tried to prosecute Al Alvi who ran against Durbin in Illinois, then she offered not to prosecute if he would promise never to run agin. ( case thrown out by judge) She came after religious groups while at the FEC also, this woman is a liberal loyalist to the core, and the White House was obviously directing this fiasco, for Politico to print this “insider information” is beyond naive, and basically a propaganda piece.


Although it seems one bombshell may have come from an earlier interview Politico did with her attorney William Taylor III in June of this year according to The Last Refuge blog.

Smoking Gun Trail To White House - Possible IRS Bombshell Within Politico Interview Of Lois Lerner Attorney William Taylor III-When Questioned About Lerner Sending DOJ 501 (c) (4) Information “Justice requested the documents” ...

In a recent Politico ( publish date 6/27/14 ) interview with Lois Lerner's attorney William Taylor III an intresting aspect is buried midway through page # 2.

During part of the interview Politico author Rachel Bade inquires about the 1.1 million pages of documents Lerner sent to the DOJ that became an issue when discovered by the House Oversight Committee on June 9th 2014.

The documents were sent from IRS to DOJ on a series of 21 discs ( CD ROMS ) and according to the admission from the DOJ “contained legally protected taxpayer information that should not have ever been sent to the FBI”.

Some of the 501 (c) (4) documentation included confidential tax records “Schedule B” of IRS filings. These Schedule B's outline parties who contribute to, affiliate with, or people who support the 501 organization. Those tax filings are illegal to distribute.

Why the DOJ waited to inform congress, and why they only did so after Daryl Issa found out about their existence, was a matter of congressional consternation, but no one made a big deal about it.

Indeed all prior details and media reports of the interaction have been framed around the substance of legality, and illegality, for the IRS to actually send the confidential taxpayer data. This is indeed a concerning aspect - but we think we've uncovered something considerably more alarming about both the timing, and the substance.

Inside the Politico article is an explosivly revealing, defensively framed answer from attorney Taylor. He is specifically and directly stating it was NOT Lerner who initiated the inquiry:

“...[...] Taylor said Lerner didn't know [about the unlawful confidential aspect] and sent them because JUSTICE REQUESTED THE DOCUMENTS”...

Seems Politico may have “accidentally” broke some major news whilst trying to do some fluff work for the democrats.


So, the DOJ requested these 1.1 million documents !!!! The presidents own DOJ, run by his lacky Eric Holder.org


LMAO at this administration.
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