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IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, testified Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee on his misconduct during the Congressional investigation of IRS targeting of conservative groups. The Commissioner has previously appeared on multiple occasions before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He is also the subject of impeachment legislation co-sponsored by Georgia’s 9th District Congressman Doug Collins.
During today’s hearing Congressman Collins remarked,
Today’s hearing told us more of the same. It’s no wonder the American people don’t trust the IRS. Commissioner Koskinen continued to stonewall and parse words rather than providing true answers to taxpayers. In response to one of my questions, the Commissioner admitted the IRS still hasn’t fully replied to a subpoena from 2013. Commissioner Koskinen has misled Congress and the American people, failed to provide documents, and done little to restore accountability to the agency. Its past time Commissioner Koskinen is held responsible for his actions. American taxpayers deserve better.
While the IRS is held in low regard, Congress appears to run a close second. Contrary to the popular saying “this is our circus and those are our monkeys”.
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Patrick Malone is a Business Advisor and Leadership Mentor headquartered in Blairsville, Georgia. He co-hosts Mountain Daybreak and Mountain Mornings, weekday news programs, and hosts This Week in Blairsville a weekend program on WJUL/WJRB. He is a mentor in Union County High School, serves on his church council and writes a monthly column on leadership in the animal healthcare industry.
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Preacher Doug is an embarrassment to the 9th and to GA in general. He functions as a porch monkey for the right wing establishment.
Wow Rick. I never figured you for a Paul Broun supporter…
I never have understood the “scandal” here.
501-c-4’s are supposed to spend less than half their money on politics. So when a bunch of politically active Tea Party groups try to get non-profit status with political-sounding names, well yeah, that should raise some flags. If I were to start an organization called “We Are Primarily Going To Influence Elections, Inc. (WAPGTIE)” but apply for non-profit status and say that your primary focus will not be to influence elections, I would expect the IRS would examine that application closely. And that is pretty close to what happened.
Having said that, the Dems shouldn’t be bringing up Trump’s tax return to the IRS Commish. I understand that they think this committee is a joke, but they aren’t helping anything by doing that.
I also think it’s funny that Darryl Issa complained about the lead investigator the IRS assigned to the case because she contributed to Democrats, which is the same kind of guilt-by-association he is accusing others of doing!