"“It certainly appears that the IRS was weaponized for the political purpose of one party.”
9/13/13, "Gohmert: Defund IRS, slap Lois Lerner with criminal penalties," Daily Caller, Katie McHugh
"“It certainly appears that the IRS was weaponized for the political purpose of one party.” (Texas Rep.) Gohmert said, after reading
from a Wall Street Journal op-ed that
revealed several of Lerner’s emails that undercut her claims to have
known nothing about the targeting — and one that appeared to imply the
IRS’s activities stretched into the 2012 election. ”Here we are…with a
group of Democratic operatives doing things with the IRS that Richard
Nixon could only dream of doing.”.
“It is unbelievable how powerful this government has gotten and how
dramatically it can affect the outcome of an election,” Gohmert continued later. ”We must make sure that these kind of abuses stop. We have the power of the purse to stop it, and we should.”
Should the executive branch fail to provide answers or remedy the scandal, Gohmert continued, Congress should strip the agency of its funding.
“If the administration is not going to be forthcoming with information about the IRS, then it may be necessary to defund part of the executive branch until such time as they become truthful,” he said. Lerner, Gohmert continued, should face criminal charges for her conduct.
“I think there are criminal implications here that need to be followed up,” he said.
Lerner, who resigned from her post and famously invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying, previously claimed that the systematic targeting came as a surprise until she happened to pick up a newspaper."...via Robert Zimmerman, Behind the Black
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Comment: GOP Rep. Gohmert connects more with the country and the people as opposed to Beltway types who just connect to the Beltway. Although the GOP owes Obama big time for helping them beat the Tea Party in 2012, George Bush gets credit too. The IRS chief March 2008 to Nov. 2012, Douglas Shulman, was appointed by George Bush and was a democrat donor. Shulman had many meetings with Obama executive branch staff and at least 6 meetings with Obama himself. Shulman showed his Beltway cred during the hearings by sarcastically saying the reason he might have visited the White House was for an Easter egg roll. Shulman's wife, Susan L. Anderson, was a democrat activist and joined the Occupy Wall St. movement.
12/8/12, Obama re-election helped GOP House Speaker Boehner: NPR
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"Shulman's term as head of the IRS ended at the end of last year (Nov. 2012) and he was appointed by President Bush. But Obama has yet to announce a replacement." (As of 5/11/13).
5/13/13, "Douglas Shulman," WashingtonPost.com
"Federal Election Commission records show Shulman donated $500 to the Democratic National Committee in 2004 while working as an executive at NASD."
"As IRS Commissioner Shulman works under the supervision of Treasury Secretary Geithner." via Free Republic
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6/5/13, "IRS Obamacare official clocked 165 White House meetings," watchdog.org, Earl Glynn
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6/2/13, "Occupy IRS: Wife of Former IRS Commissioner Joined Occupy Wall Street," Breitbart, Kerry Pickett
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6/2/13, "Wife of Former IRS Chief Campaigned for Obama, Questioned Romney's Taxes," Breitbart, Kerry Pickett
The Bush crowd and the left are on one side. The people and a few like Louie Gohmert and Ted Cruz are on the other side.
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5/22/13, "Former IRS Commissioner Partly Blames Numerous WH Visits On Easter Egg Roll," nrcc.com, video, Matt Gorman
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Shulman himself denied any targeting:
5/11/2013, "Report: Top IRS officials knew of Tea Party targeting two years ago," The Hill, Peter Schroeder
10/5/12, "IRS commissioner Shulman to step down," AP, Jim Abrams
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6/14/13, "Why the IRS IG stopped with an audit," National Review, Gerald Walpin
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Congressman Louie Gohmert bio:
"Prior to being elected to serve in Congress, Louie was elected to three terms as District Judge in Smith County, Texas. During his tenure on the bench, he gained national and international attention for some of his innovative rulings. He was later appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to complete a term as Chief Justice of the 12th Court of Appeals.
Louie received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and later graduated from Baylor School of Law. He is also a veteran having served his country as Captain in the U.S. Army."
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of the purse to stop it, and we should.”Should the executive branch fail to provide answers or remedy the scandal, Gohmert continued, Congress should strip the agency of its funding.
“If the administration is not going to be forthcoming with information about the IRS, then it may be necessary to defund part of the executive branch until such time as they become truthful,” he said. Lerner, Gohmert continued, should face criminal charges for her conduct.
“I think there are criminal implications here that need to be followed up,” he said.
Lerner, who resigned from her post and famously invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying, previously claimed that the systematic targeting came as a surprise until she happened to pick up a newspaper."...via Robert Zimmerman, Behind the Black
=============================
Comment: GOP Rep. Gohmert connects more with the country and the people as opposed to Beltway types who just connect to the Beltway. Although the GOP owes Obama big time for helping them beat the Tea Party in 2012, George Bush gets credit too. The IRS chief March 2008 to Nov. 2012, Douglas Shulman, was appointed by George Bush and was a democrat donor. Shulman had many meetings with Obama executive branch staff and at least 6 meetings with Obama himself. Shulman showed his Beltway cred during the hearings by sarcastically saying the reason he might have visited the White House was for an Easter egg roll. Shulman's wife, Susan L. Anderson, was a democrat activist and joined the Occupy Wall St. movement.
12/8/12, Obama re-election helped GOP House Speaker Boehner: NPR
============================
"Shulman's term as head of the IRS ended at the end of last year (Nov. 2012) and he was appointed by President Bush. But Obama has yet to announce a replacement." (As of 5/11/13).
5/13/13, "Douglas Shulman," WashingtonPost.com
"Federal Election Commission records show Shulman donated $500 to the Democratic National Committee in 2004 while working as an executive at NASD."
"As IRS Commissioner Shulman works under the supervision of Treasury Secretary Geithner." via Free Republic
==============================
6/5/13, "IRS Obamacare official clocked 165 White House meetings," watchdog.org, Earl Glynn
=============================
6/2/13, "Occupy IRS: Wife of Former IRS Commissioner Joined Occupy Wall Street," Breitbart, Kerry Pickett
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6/2/13, "Wife of Former IRS Chief Campaigned for Obama, Questioned Romney's Taxes," Breitbart, Kerry Pickett
The Bush crowd and the left are on one side. The people and a few like Louie Gohmert and Ted Cruz are on the other side.
=============================
5/22/13, "Former IRS Commissioner Partly Blames Numerous WH Visits On Easter Egg Roll," nrcc.com, video, Matt Gorman
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Shulman himself denied any targeting:
5/11/2013, "Report: Top IRS officials knew of Tea Party targeting two years ago," The Hill, Peter Schroeder
"The report does not say whether Douglas Shulman, IRS commissioner at the time, was aware of it. In 2012, Shulman testified before Congress alongside other senior IRS
officials, and vowed that the agency was above politics, and was not
targeting any groups on a partisan basis. Shulman left the IRS at the
end of 2012."
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Shulman stepped down after Obama's re-election:
10/5/12, "IRS commissioner Shulman to step down," AP, Jim Abrams
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6/14/13, "Why the IRS IG stopped with an audit," National Review, Gerald Walpin
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Congressman Louie Gohmert bio:
"Prior to being elected to serve in Congress, Louie was elected to three terms as District Judge in Smith County, Texas. During his tenure on the bench, he gained national and international attention for some of his innovative rulings. He was later appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to complete a term as Chief Justice of the 12th Court of Appeals.
Louie received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and later graduated from Baylor School of Law. He is also a veteran having served his country as Captain in the U.S. Army."
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