After refusing for the last 16 months to speak to Congress about the IRS targeting scandal, Lois Lerner, former head of the IRS Tax-Exempt and Government Entities Division, had a two hour interview with news organization Politico. In the article, Lerner denies wrongdoing and expresses pride in her career, telling Politico she is not sorry …
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Report Finds White House Was Not Involved in IRS Scandal
You are likely tired of reading blogs about the IRS scandal, but at least this one isn’t about Lois Lerner. A report released yesterday, at the request of Maryland Democrat Elijah Cummings, focuses instead on the White House. The report concludes that the White House never instructed the IRS to specifically target conservative groups seeking …
Contempt Charges Against Lerner Green Lighted
Lawyers for the House of Representatives have concluded that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has legal standing to pursue contempt charges against Lois Lerner. Lerner is the former head of the exempt organizations division of the IRS. The contempt charge comes from Lerner’s refusal to testify before the Committee earlier this month. The …
House Releases Scathing Report on Lerner
Lois Lerner, former head of the IRS division on exempt organizations, may have pleaded the Fifth (twice), but that has not stopped the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee from issuing a damning report about Lerner’s role in the recent 501(c)(4) scandal. Released Tuesday, the report accuses Lerner of leading efforts to scrutinize conservative groups, …