This has all the indicators of reaching the West Wing. Prior Democrats in Congress had espoused the IRS *should* take this approach. With such blatant admissions in 2010, and even 2011 after they lost the House they continued the approach, this is going to be VERY difficult for the administration to firewall.
GOOD GRIEF – Unbelievable stuff from that questioning session today in congress.
Attorney General, Eric Holder, claims he recused himself from the decision making surrounding the wiretapping of more than 100 Associated Press reporters and 20+ phone lines. However, he states we need to take his word for it because there is nothing documented which provides support for his self-recusal claim.
Not only that, he claims he doesn’t even know “WHEN” he recused himself, and further states he never notified anyone of the recusal itself – nor did he notify the White House. (more…)
UPDATE: No Questions, will hold press conference tomorrow (with Turkish delegation) and take questions then. IRS Commissioner Steven Steven Miller (pictured below) resigned effective TODAY. Three main points emphasized:
“the IRS has to operate with absolute integrity” – Barack Obama
1. We are going to hold the responsible parties accountable. – The acting commissioner of the IRS, Steven Miller, has resigned effective today.
2. We will put in place new safeguards to insure it doesn’t happen again. – I told Jack Lew to make that happen and implement the IG recommendations. Also, Lew will work with Holder who will launch an internal DOJ investigation.
3. We will work with congress as it performs its oversight control. I’ll do all I can to insure this does not happen again. We need to look at the laws to insure that no ambiguity exists.
“That’s what we’ll do, that’s what I’ll do, and that’s what the American people can expect”. (more…)
House Speaker John A. Boehner said Wednesday that it’ll take more than firings to clear up the IRS scandal — it’ll take someone ending up serving jail time.
“My question is, who’s going to jail over this scandal?” the Ohio Republican said at a press conference with Republicans Wednesday morning. (link)
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia abortion doctor was sentenced Wednesday to a third life term for killing an aborted baby that he described as so big it could “walk to the bus.”
Dr. Kermit Gosnell was convicted this week of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies born alive, then stabbed with scissors. He was given two life sentences Tuesday in a deal with prosecutors that spared him a potential death sentence, and the third sentence was handed down Wednesday.
Gosnell was also sentenced to 2 1/2 to five years in prison for the 2009 overdose death of a patient. The sentences are consecutive, meaning Gosnell, 72, will spend the rest of his life in prison. (read more)
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Former Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell has been spared the death sentence by choosing to forego an appeal.
In exchange for giving up that appeal, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office agreed to two life sentences without the possibility of parole.
Gosnell was found guilty of first-degree murder on Monday in the deaths of three babies. He was also found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the overdose death of former patient Karnamaya Mongar and 229 counts of violating Pennsylvania abortion laws.
The 72-year-old owner of the Women’s Medical Society, the West Philadelphia clinic where the crimes happened, was set to be sentenced next Tuesday. (continue reading)
……Obama said this: “Unfortunately, you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that’s at the root of all our problems. Some of these same voices also do their best to gum up the works; they’ll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices.”
Now Consider: (more…)
You know when the President sends out an official announcement at 8:30pm that a general sense of the pending sh!tstorm is looming far closer than the horizon.
So close in fact it is quite possible the nucleus of the scandal will be tracked to the West Wing of 1600.
Earlier yesterday, prior to the official Inspector General report release, ABC Newser Trey Hardin directly asked White House Spokesman Jay Carney:
Trey Hardin: “I will tell you this on the IRS front. I’ve worked in this town for over 20 years in the White House and on Capitol Hill and I can say with a very strong sense of certainty that there are people very close to this president that not only knew what the IRS were doing but authorized it. It simply just does not happen at an agency level like that without political advisers likely in the West Wing certainly connected to the president’s ongoing campaign organization.” (link)
Notably, Jay Carney never disputed this assertion. Bad sign. (more…)
Not coincidentally in the State of Florida VS. George Zimmerman case a similar term has been used by those who perpetrate the fraud:
“Leave No Stone Unturned”
On its face it seems a disingenuous statement made to affirm an intent to get to the truth. However, to factually understand the context of its intimidated use in the Zimmerman case you must consider the surrounding facts when it was used.
Throughout the month of March, 2012, the Sanford Police Department had repeatedly stated to the media and interested parties (Martin Family troop of lawyers: Benjamin Crump, Natalie Jackson, Daryl Parks – and media consultant Ryan Julison) that investigation into the case had resulted in nothing found to contradict the description of events outlined by George Zimmerman.
The entire weight of the Sanford PD had turned over every stone, while under extreme pressure, national spotlight, and scrutiny, and yet found nothing to contradict Mr. Zimmerman.
Nothing.
The President of the United States called Trayvon “his son”, and subsequently new “Stone Turners” were demanded – Police Chief Bill Lee was removed from the department; Then District Attorney Norman Wolfinger was removed the day after he scheduled a Grand Jury impanel on April 11th.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, DOJ Civil Rights Head Tom Perez, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and the full weight of the Federal DOJ together with the Federal Community Relations Service, The “Peacekeepers” and The State of Florida took over. (more…)
In 2010 Max Baucus (D-MT) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) together with six other members of congress demanded the IRS take a political approach to target Conservative and Tea Party groups.
Today, the consequences to these “Democrat” congressional demands are in the forefront. Every.Single.Conservative and Tea Party Group was targeted. EVERY ONE for two years.
[scribd id=141533540 key=key-15r66mqtw5lphs0rhse0 mode=scroll]