Thank You For Your Service: Department of Justice Wraps Up "Investigation" of IRS, Will Not Press Charges Against Incandescantly Corrupt Lois Lerner

Not a republic any longer.

Number the times the press has called upon Obama to appoint a special prosecutor, outside his apparachik chain of command? Zero.

"Ineffective management is not a crime," Assistant Attorney General Peter J. Kadzik said in a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee. "The Department of Justice’s exhaustive probe revealed no evidence that would support a criminal prosecution. What occurred is disquieting and may necessitate corrective action-- but it does not warrant criminal prosecution."

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Some Republicans have questioned the validity of the probe from the beginning, after learning that one of the Justice Department lawyers assigned to the investigation was a contributor to Mr. Obama’s political campaigns.

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Investigators said none of the witnesses they interviewed believed Ms. Lerner acted out of political motives, and said that Ms. Lerner seemed to try to correct the inappropriate scrutiny once she "recognized that it was wrong."

"None of the witnesses" -- that is, her colleagues. I'm sure the people whose tax information was illegally forwarded, or who were put through years of abuse, would disagree. But they weren't, apparently, "witnesses" to the wonderful Ms. Lerner's style of operating.

posted by Ace at 03:41 PM

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