Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Bill Flores (R-Texas) have introduced legislation that would pay $1,000,000 to anyone who can locate former IRS director Lois Lerner’s missing emails. A reward of $500,000 is offered for info regarding the destruction of the emails if that info can lead to persecution.
The Identify and Recover Sent E-mails (IRS) Act (H.R. 4958) would also cut salaries at the IRS by 20% until the emails are recovered.
So how much of that $1,000,000 would the IRS take in taxes?
“It seems that each time the IRS has evidence that will either prove with certainty its guilt or innocence, the evidence disappears which both common sense and the law indicate the evidence such as emails must have proved the IRS’s impropriety if not outright crimes. It is time the IRS either comes clean, or has a special prosecutor to clean it up. This bill should help in the interim,” Congressman Gohmert said.
“I find it very hard to believe that the emails from Lois Lerner are lost and unrecoverable. It is very convenient that the IRS is unable to turn over any of the communications from the central figure responsible for the inappropriate targeting of conservative groups. We will not sit idly by as the IRS continues to work to cover up its blatant abuse of government power,” Congressman Flores said.
“Lois Lerner’s involvement in the planning and execution of beliefs-based IRS targeting can only stay hidden for so long. By providing these incentives we can get people to reveal the hidden truths behind this egregious cover up,” Flores stated. “It is time to hold the IRS’ feet to the fire and for them to come clean about Lois Lerner’s involvement. I remain committed to uncovering the truth and ensuring that all federal agencies are working to serve the American public with integrity and fairness.”
What gets me is there is always a paper trail, even with e-mail. I am surprised that they think we all are that stupid. If you hit send with e-mail it is sent and there is always a trail. Start checking the e-mail of folks they think she may have e-mailed. I bet theirs has been deleted but will still show up if they did not have a hard drive melt down. Does not matter, when she plead the 5th, under oath, she should have been locked up in jail then, income ended, pension and health insurance gone for good. This is just another showing of our numb DC has become in punishment for those that continue to punish the rest of us.
they will be found
The government has very sophisticated forensic software that can retrieve darn near anything – specifically designed for exactly this type of situation.
COME ON WE ALL KNOW SHE HAS HAD NO CHOICE ABOUT WHAT SHE SAYS, IT IS CALLED FORCED CONVERSATION BY GOVERNMENTAL ORDERS
YES,about time lets get the BALL rolling its now or never…2014 2016
20%, they should cut all their pay, until the truth comes out. They sould shut them down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the government is the real problem here and not the emails. I do hope they get the emails and show what a bunch of criminals work for Barry Boy!!!
Cut the IRS and all Government Department by 20%. Maybe then they would do their job and not party.
Cut pay to 25% then when info is delivered ABOLISH the IRS
and all of it tax deductible—lol