Everyone hates the IRS, especially after hearing how they “mishandled the processing of tax-exempt applications”, but now the distrust will also spill onto the Department of Justice which closed the Lois Lerner case, finding her poor judgement not criminal.
The IRS mishandled the processing of tax-exempt applications in a manner that disproportionately impacted applicants affiliated with the tea party and similar groups, leaving the appearance that the IRS’s conduct was motivated by political, discriminatory, corrupt, or other inappropriate motives.
The probe found “substantial evidence of mismanagement, poor judgment and institutional inertia leading to the belief by many tax-exempt applicants that the IRS targeted them based on their political viewpoints. But poor management is not a crime,” Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik said in the letter.
At what point will government officials be held to the law? It is as if the Magna Carta has been forgotten, and government officials are not subject to following the Constitution or any other law of the land.
Darrell Issa and Paul Ryan both came out strongly against the decision today. Ryan called it “predictable” but promised to continue investigating the IRS’ actions.
“The Justice Department’s decision to close the IRS targeting investigation without a single charge or prosecution is a low point of accountability in an administration that is better known for punishing whistleblowers than the abuse and misconduct they expose,” Issa said in a statement. “After stating that their investigation confirms that tea party and conservative groups were improperly targeted, they dismiss it merely as a byproduct of gross mismanagement and incompetence — ignoring volumes of evidence in the public record and efforts to obstruct legitimate inquires.”
Source: CNN
Thanks to Obama.