Catherine Engelbrecht
True the Vote
4/9/2014
Washington is reeling as Rep. Elijah Cummings’ (D-MD) true role in the IRS abuse scandal has come to light. Emails released by the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee, of which Cummings is the ranking member, show Cummings and his staff communicating with Lois Lerner while the IRS targeted True the Vote for abuse.
“Today’s committee action reveals what we knew all along. Partisan politics and the weaponization of government against opponents of this administration is real and continues,” said True the Vote president Catherine Engelbrecht. “Elijah Cummings has blocked the IRS abuse investigation all along. We now see clearly that two branches of government have colluded to target and silence private citizens.
“America has come to a tipping point,” Engelbrecht said. “No more lies. No more cover-ups. No more collusion. Enough is enough. Finally, we have a chance for the rule of law to be re-established, thanks to the bold efforts of Chairman Issa and Rep. Jordan.”
Engelbrecht added, “We filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Cummings in February. Today we’re amending that filing to include this latest revelation. As I have said in my testimony before Congress; I will not retreat, I will not surrender, I will not be intimidated. I will not ask Rep. Cummings, Lois Lerner, Barack Obama, or anyone else, for permission to exercise my constitutional rights.”
Click here for a copy of the letter from Chairman Issa and five Subcommittee Chairman to Ranking Member Cummings.
Click here for documents about Cummings’interactions with the IRS about True the Vote.
Related: True the Vote Witness Who Testified on IRS Scandal Pens Blazing Letter to Grandstanding Democrat (video)
…Anyone with common sense could see the moment that Elijah Cummings put on a big acting performance at Lois Lerner’s testimony (where she plead the Fifth – again) that the Democrat was attempting to hide something from the public, while shifting attention onto Republicans by vilifying them. Now we know why.
True the Vote president calls Cummings damning emails ‘the tip of a very ugly iceberg’ (video)
…In an interview with Newsmax, Catherine Engelbrecht, president of True the Vote, a Texas-based conservative organization founded to combat election fraud, said this week’s disclosure gives proof to her earlier claims.
“I’m thrilled to see that these documents are seeing the light of day and my current hope is that we continue on in this discovery process because we’re only beginning to see what I believe is the tip of a very ugly iceberg,” she said.
Through her attorney, Cleta Mitchell, Engelbrecht filed a complaint in February alleging that Cummings was pushing an investigation against True the Vote. He called those charges “absolutely incorrect and untrue” at the time. The emails Issa released this week directly contradict that claim…
Update: The ‘Disconcerting’ Things Dallas IRS Employees Did Around Obama’s Reelection May Have Been Illegal (video)
The Dallas office of the Internal Revenue Service is under scrutiny after allegations that employees were seen wearing and displaying pro-Obama campaign paraphernalia in 2012 near the time the president ran for reelection…
Update 2: Bob Woodward on the Seriousness of the IRS Scandal: “There’s Obviously Something Here”
Here is Bob Woodward on “Fox News Sunday” today commenting on how serious the IRS Scandal is. His response? “There’s obviously something here.” Woodward called Barack Obama’s “not a smidgen of evidence” claim “very unusual” in light of the clear evidence that the IRS targeting of Conservatives was more than just a low-level bureaucratic mishap.”
