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elleng

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Sat Mar 29, 2014, 11:34 PM Mar 2014

IRS Chief tells House Oversight Committee to go EFF itself.

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IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told a House panel that congressional investigators can try to hold him in contempt over the Tea Party targeting scandal whenever they think that they can make the charge stick, something he thinks is unlikely.

The topic came up when Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., asked for a date at which it would be appropriate for agency officials to be held in contempt if they have not yet provided the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee with documents that have been requested from the IRS.

"I think the timeline is whenever you think you could actually sustain that in a court," Koskinen replied. "I think we have a strong case that we have been cooperative, continue to be cooperative, and anybody looking at the systems we have and the time it takes would find that we've provided you more cooperation than, in fact, might be expected. And I think that, in fact, arguing and threatening contempt in that situation without understanding the circumstances is probably not going to be held up."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/26/1287603/-IRS-Chief-Tells-Issa-s-Oversight-Committee-to-Go-Eff-Itself?detail=email

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IRS Chief tells House Oversight Committee to go EFF itself. (Original Post) elleng Mar 2014 OP
Awesome! MannyGoldstein Mar 2014 #1
This statement needs to become the new "Please proceed, Governor": "I think the timeline is okaawhatever Mar 2014 #2
"Just put your felonies together and...blow...me." SunSeeker Mar 2014 #4
KICK! Cha Mar 2014 #3
K & R SunSeeker Mar 2014 #5

okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)
2. This statement needs to become the new "Please proceed, Governor": "I think the timeline is
Sat Mar 29, 2014, 11:57 PM
Mar 2014

whenever you think you could actually sustain that in a court".

You know what a courtroom is, don't you Darrel? Just put your felonies together and...blow...me.

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