Thursday, March 27, 2014

Issa Slams New IRS Chief: Agency Still Withholding Documents



Issa Slams New IRS Chief: Agency Still Withholding Documents

Wednesday, 26 Mar 2014 01:10 PM
By Melanie Batley
Rep. Darrell Issa, the House Oversight and Reform Committee chairman tasked with running congressional investigations into the IRS tea party targeting scandal, blasted the agency's new commissioner Wednesday, accusing him of being more concerned with managing the political fallout than cooperating with the probe.

According to Politico, the California Republican went head-to-head with IRS Chief John Koskinen over the "dismal" pace at which the agency was supplying documents related to the investigation which the panel requested last year.

"Does a nonpartisan or nonpolitical agency withhold documents requested during a congressional investigation? The IRS does and did," Issa said, according to Politico. "You've been more concerned with managing the political fallout."

Koskinen said that IRS employees have spent nearly 100,000 hours and $8 million sending more than 1 million pages of documents to the committees, Politico reported.

"We are working through the process. We never said we wouldn't provide those. We will provide, we are actually trying to, in an orderly way, conclude the investigation," Koskinen said, according to Politico. "You may want this investigation to go on forever."

Koskinen, who was sworn in as commissioner in January, said at the time that the agency had provided the "vast majority" of information requested by Congress, and that he believed the investigation was in "the home stretch."

He also acknowledged at that time that the scandal, which saw many cases of conservative groups being targeted for heightened scrutiny, cost the agency the public trust but he hoped to turn that around.

Other Republicans on the committee, however, were clear that they do not trust the IRS and accused Koskinen of obstructing the congressional probes.

"Our witness today won't get us [former IRS official Lois Lerner's] emails. The guy who can give us the emails won't give us the emails. The same people who pressured Lois Lerner to fix the problem are the same people who picked John Koskinen to finish the job," Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan said, according to Politico.

Democrats on the investigation's panel say Republicans are deliberately trying to give the controversy new life purely out of political motivations.

"This is all to feed the base. It is designed to get certain groups all riled up in time for a midterm election. There are some of us here that wish you well and will try to cooperate with you," Democratic Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly said, according to Politico.

"[But] be aware, unfortunately this committee has a history of cherry picking the facts."

John Koskinen
John A. Koskinen is the commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and a director at the AES Corporation.

Note: Charles O. Rossotti was the commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), is the chairman for the AES Corporation, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a director at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Philip Lader is a director at the AES Corporation, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Philip A. Odeen was the chairman for the AES Corporation, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a director at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Edward Snowden was an employee at Booz Allen Hamilton, and leaked information about the National Security Agency (NSA).
Booz Allen Hamilton is a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA), and a contractor for Obamacare.
Robert S. Osborne is the EVP & general counsel for Booz Allen Hamilton, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
James S. Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Henrietta Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Belizean Grove.
Mary Agnes Wilderotter is a member of the Belizean Grove, and her sister is Denise M. Morrison.
Denise M. Morrison is Mary Agnes Wilderotter’s sister, and a member of the President's Export Council.
W. James McNerney Jr. is the chairman for the President's Export Council, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Andres R. Gluski is a member of the President's Export Council, and the president & CEO for the AES Corporation.
John A. Koskinen is a director at the AES Corporation, and the commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
IRS Oversight Board is a citizen’s board for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Deborah L. Wince-Smith was a member of the IRS Oversight Board, and is a member of the Belizean Grove.
Belizean_Grove is the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.
Henry A. Kissinger is a member of the Bohemian Club, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Charles O. Rossotti is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the chairman for the AES Corporation, a director at Booz Allen Hamilton, and was the commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
John A. Koskinen is a director at the AES Corporation, and the commissioner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).



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