Dem. Elijah Cummings defends shocking emails showing he coordinated with IRS effort to target True the Vote

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Michael Dorstewitz BizPac Review 4/10/2014

…At a February committee hearing, Cummings claimed that any notion that he or his staff had put True The Vote “on the radar screen” of the IRS was “absolutely incorrect and untrue.”

This new information, in the form of letters and emails from 2012 […]

Bombshell: Emails Show Democrat on Oversight Committee was Working With Lois Lerner to Target True the Vote (Update: Engelbrecht Reacts)

Bryan Preston PJ Tatler PJ Media 4/9/2014

Emails released today by the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee show that Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) has some explaining to do. The emails show that Cummings and the IRS were asking for nearly identical information from election integrity watchdog True the Vote. Further, the emails show communication […]

Darrell Issa wants Elijah Cummings to disclose talks with Lois Lerner’s attorney

Sean Lengell The Washington Examiner 4/4/2014

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., asked the panel’s top Democrat to disclose communications between his office and the lawyer for former IRS official Lois Lerner, who faces contempt charges before the committee.

In a letter to ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., Issa said […]

Lois Lerner attorney: The case is over now

Patrick Howley The Daily Caller 3/5/2014

Ex-IRS official Lois Lerner’s attorney Bill Taylor held a press briefing Wednesday after his client pleaded the Fifth Amendment at a House Oversight hearing, prompting Oversight chairman Rep. Darrell Issa to adjourn the hearing. It remains unclear whether Issa will seek to hold Lerner in contempt of Congress.

Taylor […]

'The IRS scandal is not over...and the Department of Justice investigation is a sham...'

Cleta Mitchell Testifying on IRS Scandal: Lies Upon Lies, Not BoneHeaded Bureaucrats, It’s Not Over

Maggie Maggie’s Notebook 2/7/2014

…First, the IRS scandal is real. It’s not pretend, it’s real. No. 2, the IRS scandal is not just a ‘bone-headed’ bunch of bureaucrats in some remote office, contrary to what the President of the United […]

Bipartisan Senate report blames Obama administration for not preventing #Benghazi attack

Ed Morrissey Hot Air 1/15/2014

The bombshell here isn’t the blame — it’s that the blame is bipartisan. Normally in these circumstances, a Congressional committee looking into the activities of a current administration will split into partisan conclusions, especially if it’s critical at all. Not this time:

A long-delayed Senate intelligence committee report released on […]

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