IRS Commissioner John Koskinen taunted a House panel, saying 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.’ Has Koskinen been briefed and emboldened by superiors to intentionally mock Congress in this way? Where is rule of law, when government officials treat Congressional Oversight Committees with such contemptuous disregard?
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.”
It wasn’t the only time that accusations flew during a testy congressional hearing, as Rep.Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, forced Koskinen to admit that he had patterned his testimony on a proposed regulation affecting the political activity of nonprofits after a Treasury Departmentofficial’s letter to Congress. Koskinen had previously said he had not conferred with administration officials.
Source: Washington Examiner
I hope they do hold him in contempt
They are in contempt. We need some REAL strong judges in this case, not some self-serving pushover. I’d like to see Judge Judy take this on! She’d tell them!
PUT THIS ASS HOLE IN JAIL TO . LOCK ALL THESE AMERICAN TRAITORS UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY . WE HAVE HAD IT WITH THEM PERIOD
FIRING SQUAD!
Throw his sorry ass in jail!!
Shoot the worthless SOB
The shear gall of this guy. He is daring congress do to something about the delay in furniishing computerized info that should be readily available. He appears to be following the example of his glorious leader thatt whatever they do is legal because they say it is and anything they want to declare illegal can drag you thru court for years.
Congress needs to stop talking and more doing, Looks to me like the Crooks are calling all the shots and getting away with it.
Another manifestation of contemp!
Damn, now we have a white obama elected.