“Compromised” That’s the word republicans are using when referring to the Justice Department’s investigation of the IRS targeting scandal while revealing that it’s being led by one of President Obama’s political supporters and allies.
In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, the lawmakers said they’ve learned trial attorney Barbara Kay Bosserman is leading the probe. They detailed federal campaign finance records showing she’s given more than $6,000 to Obama’s two presidential campaigns and urged Holder to remove her from the case.
“By selecting a significant donor to President Obama to lead an investigation into inappropriate targeting of conservative groups, the Department has created a startling conflict of interest,” Representative Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and government Reform Committee, and Representative Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, wrote in the letter. “It is unbelievable that the Department would choose such an individual to examine the federal government’s systematic targeting and harassment of organizations opposed to the President’s policies.”
“At the very least, Ms. Bosserman’s involvement is highly inappropriate and has compromised the Administration’s investigation of the IRS.” The letter comes amid questions over the status of the criminal case, which has not yet produced any public results. It has dragged on for months, ever since the IRS last May first acknowledged that it had slow-walked the applications of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.
The Department of Justice, on Thursday, responded to the allegations. Justice Department spokeswoman Dena Iverson said in a statement that Holder would not remove Bosserman because “it is contrary to department policy and a prohibited personnel practice under federal law to consider the political affiliation of career employees or other non-merit factors in making personnel decisions.”
“Additionally, removing a career employee from an investigation or case due to political affiliation, as Chairmen Issa and Jordan requested, could also violate the equal opportunity policy and the law.” The problem with this claim is that it is not true.
How convenient! Should I ever get another traffic citation again, I’m going to cite this and see what the judge says. Sir/Ma’am, (I’ll respectfully acknowledge him or her), it is my duty to inform you that I am appointing myself to investigate the commission of the said offense, (just as the United States Government Department Of Justice does), and I’ll get back to ya when I’m done BUBBA!
As I ponder this amongst many other pending scandals concerning the present administration, the question of just exactly how close to a dictatorship we are becoming comes to mind almost immediately. Even if we assume that the governments objections to a change as to who leads the investigation may technically be valid, I can assure you there are ways around that when you consider that the President of the United States, himself, by his self, can literally completely by-pass the Constitution of the United States of America and the law, by changing laws single-handedly and repeatedly concerning the Affordable Care Act and many others.
I’ll let you know how that works out should I ever get another traffic ticket!
Click here to read Representative Issa’s letter to Atty. Gen. Eric Holder: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2014/01/09/house-oversight-letter-to-holder-on-obama-supporter-leading-criminal-probe-irs/
