Richard Nixon 2.0: ‘Computer Crashed And Erased All Of Lois Lerner’s Emails’
Posted: June 13, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Politics, White House | Tags: Barack Obama, Dave Camp, Federal Election Commission, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Lois Lerner, Patrick Howley, Richard Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, United States Department of Justice, White House 4 Comments
For The Daily Caller, Patrick Howley reports: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) claimed Friday that it cannot produce Lois Lerner’s emails to and from the White House and other administration departments due to a supposed computer crash.
The IRS’ computer crash may go down in history next to the eighteen and a half minute gap in the Watergate tapes, which was supposedly caused by a mistake by Richard Nixon’s secretary Rose Mary Woods.
The IRS previously agreed to hand over all of the ex-IRS official’s emails from 2009 to 2011 to the House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Rep. Dave Camp. But the IRS claimed Friday that it has Lerner’s emails to and from other IRS officials but it cannot produce emails to and from the Treasury and Justice Departments, the Federal Election Commission, or Democratic offices.
Early photo of Barack Obama and Richard Nixon
“Just a short time ago, Commissioner Koskinen promised to produce all Lerner documents,” Camp continued. “It appears now that was an empty promise.”
— Rep. Dave Camp
Richard Nixon’s secretary Rose Mary Woods, 1960
“The fact that I am just learning about this, over a year into the investigation, is completely unacceptable and now calls 
into question the credibility of the IRS’s response to Congressional inquiries,” Camp said in a statement. “There needs to be an immediate investigation and forensic audit by Department of Justice as well as the Inspector General.”
“Just a short time ago, Commissioner Koskinen promised to produce all Lerner documents,” Camp continued…(read more)
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Would this be a story if it had happened under Bush?
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Would the Media care if this happened under Bush?
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