Justice Dept.: No criminal charges for ex-IRS official

[jimnyc]

Sure, what a surprise. Must have been one hell of an investigation. :rolleyes:

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WASHINGTON (AP) — No IRS official would face criminal charges arising from the political controversy over the processing of applications for tax-exempt status, the Justice Department announced Friday.

In a letter to members of Congress, the department said that while investigators had found "mismanagement, poor judgment and institutional inertia," there was no evidence of 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," the letter stated.

The department also announced that Lois Lerner, who headed the division that processes applications for tax-exempt status at the time, would not face any charges.

A firestorm erupted more than two years ago with the release of an inspector general's audit that said IRS agents had improperly singled out tea party and other conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status during the 2010 and 2012 elections.

The disclosure set off investigations by the Justice Department and multiple congressional committees.

The House voted to hold Lerner in contempt of Congress last year after she refused to answer questions at two House Oversight Committee hearings. She has since retired.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20151023/us-irs-investigation-11e1446376.html

[Vladamir]

Sure, what a surprise. Must have been one hell of an investigation. :rolleyes:

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WASHINGTON (AP) — No IRS official would face criminal charges arising from the political controversy over the processing of applications for tax-exempt status, the Justice Department announced Friday.

In a letter to members of Congress, the department said that while investigators had found "mismanagement, poor judgment and institutional inertia," there was no evidence of 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," the letter stated.

The department also announced that Lois Lerner, who headed the division that processes applications for tax-exempt status at the time, would not face any charges.

A firestorm erupted more than two years ago with the release of an inspector general's audit that said IRS agents had improperly singled out tea party and other conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status during the 2010 and 2012 elections.

The disclosure set off investigations by the Justice Department and multiple congressional committees.

The House voted to hold Lerner in contempt of Congress last year after she refused to answer questions at two House Oversight Committee hearings. She has since retired.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20151023/us-irs-investigation-11e1446376.html
Well in all honesty they were never giving each other up.We are probably just so used to it by now over here.

[jimnyc]

Well in all honesty they were never giving each other up.We are probably just so used to it by now over here.

It's just frustrating when everyone sees what's going on, everyone hears what's going on - and then nothing happens. And yeah, we've been beaten to death with this happening in politics since like forever, but you just wish that once some of those involved in this kind of shit would be brought to justice. I had thought this one was a slam dunk, but I guess I was wrong. Kinda hard to get justice though when the guilty party is basically investigating itself.

[Vladamir]

It's just frustrating when everyone sees what's going on, everyone hears what's going on - and then nothing happens. And yeah, we've been beaten to death with this happening in politics since like forever, but you just wish that once some of those involved in this kind of shit would be brought to justice. I had thought this one was a slam dunk, but I guess I was wrong. Kinda hard to get justice though when the guilty party is basically investigating itself.

Well at least you are still surprised,that left us long ago.45% of people in the UK don't even bother voting they have given up.

[Christie Brinkley]

Well at least you are still surprised,that left us long ago.45% of people in the UK don't even bother voting they have given up.
Half of that 45% probably don't even know who the prime minister is...

[aboutime]

Sure, what a surprise. Must have been one hell of an investigation. :rolleyes:

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WASHINGTON (AP) — No IRS official would face criminal charges arising from the political controversy over the processing of applications for tax-exempt status, the Justice Department announced Friday.

In a letter to members of Congress, the department said that while investigators had found "mismanagement, poor judgment and institutional inertia," there was no evidence of 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," the letter stated.

The department also announced that Lois Lerner, who headed the division that processes applications for tax-exempt status at the time, would not face any charges.

A firestorm erupted more than two years ago with the release of an inspector general's audit that said IRS agents had improperly singled out tea party and other conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status during the 2010 and 2012 elections.

The disclosure set off investigations by the Justice Department and multiple congressional committees.

The House voted to hold Lerner in contempt of Congress last year after she refused to answer questions at two House Oversight Committee hearings. She has since retired.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20151023/us-irs-investigation-11e1446376.html



The Obama justice department would never punish anyone in the IRS because they would EXPOSE the liars, and thieves in the JUSTICE DEPARTMENT...just like the Democrat congress members, and Obama.

Who investigates the Justice Department when they are crooked???

Obama?