Posts Tagged: Cummings

Report Finds White House Was Not Involved in IRS Scandal

May 7, 2014 Posted by Jessica Shofler in IRS, News

You are likely tired of reading blogs about the IRS scandal, but at least this one isn’t about Lois Lerner. A report released yesterday, at the request of Maryland Democrat Elijah Cummings, focuses instead on the White House. The report concludes that the White House never instructed the IRS to specifically target conservative groups seeking …

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Contempt Charges Against Lerner Green Lighted

March 27, 2014 Posted by Jessica Shofler in IRS, News, Uncategorized

Lawyers for the House of Representatives have concluded that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has legal standing to pursue contempt charges against Lois Lerner. Lerner is the former head of the exempt organizations division of the IRS. The contempt charge comes from Lerner’s refusal to testify before the Committee earlier this month. The …

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House Releases Scathing Report on Lerner

March 13, 2014 Posted by Jessica Shofler in IRS, News

Lois Lerner, former head of the IRS division on exempt organizations, may have pleaded the Fifth (twice), but that has not stopped the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee from issuing a damning report about Lerner’s role in the recent 501(c)(4) scandal. Released Tuesday, the report accuses Lerner of leading efforts to scrutinize conservative groups, …

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