US Won't Charge Ex-IRS Official Lois Lerner With Contempt
Posted on AllSides April 2nd, 2015
From The Right
Lois Lerner, the former IRS official whose office gave improper scrutiny to Tea Party groups seeking tax- exempt status, won’t be charged with contempt of Congress.
Outgoing U.S. Attorney Ron Machen disclosed the Justice Department’s decision in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner dated March 31. Machen is resigning Wednesday as the top federal prosecutor in Washington.
The decision comes 11 months after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to hold Lerner in contempt.
The House’s allegations stem from a May 2013 committee hearing in which Lerner read...
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