The House’s chief investigator says the FBI is stonewalling his inquiry into whether the agency and the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative group True the Vote for special scrutiny, and Rep. Darrell E. Issa is now threatening subpoenas to pry loose the information from FBI Director James B. Comey Jr.
Mr. Issa, California Republican, and Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, are leading the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s IRS inquiry. They also said the FBI is refusing to turn over any documents related to its own investigation into the IRS, which began in the days after an auditor’s report revealed the tax agency had improperly targeted tea party groups for special scrutiny.
Six months after it began, the FBI’s investigation has resulted in no release of information. The congressmen said the FBI even rescinded an offer for an in-person briefing with the assistant director in charge of the investigation. The reversal, after the FBI consulted with the Justice Department, suggests political meddling, the two investigators said.
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Hmmm… the FBI falls under the purview of the Executive Branch…
“The reversal, after the FBI consulted with the Justice Department, suggests political meddling, the two investigators said.”
Kind of screams it, I’d say.
Can you say “Contempt of Congress?” I knew you could. I’m sure Issa would be willing hold closed door hearings to “protect the investigations”. No one is fooled by this continual stonewalling. Would Mr. Comey still be eligible to hold his FBI office after cooling his heels in a cell, after Issa has him arrested for obstructing a Congressional investigation?
Hey, what about the closed-door testimony from those Benghazi witnesses that republicans have been demanding for months? You know, the ones that were supposed to blow the lid off of the entire White House conspiracy? People have testified. Very odd, how that all seems to have dropped off the right-wing radar.
Of course we knew all along that the various unfounded accusations and conspiracy theories contrived to discredit the Obama administration were around 90% bullshit. Much like the IRS scandal.
@Greg: You keep telling a lie often enough, it is still a lie Greg. There hasn’t been any testimony from the witnesses in question, and it HAS NOT dropped off the radar.
It seems to me that Obama and his minions can do anything they want without worrying about protests from the left, up to and probably including live beheadings on the White House lawn for minor crimes. That would be somehow okay with you and your friends, wouldn’t it.
@Greg:
80 times the guy can’t remember?
It’s not over, Greg
Scott IN Oklahoma
Those Fbi,
have been promiss a JUDGE position,
IF THEY KEEP THEIR MOUTH SHUT,
BYE THE WAY, WE NEVER HEARD OF WHAT HAPPEN TO THE ONE WHO MADE THE MOVIE
of the MUSLIMS decapitating the CHRISTIANS, WHERE IS HE NOW? HE WAS RIGHT TO WARN US ABOUT IT,
you know they really decapitated the CHRISTIANS, NOT SO LONG AGO, THEY HAVE DONE IT MANY TIMES,
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE AT THIS POINT, ….THEY ARE DEAD NOW,
ALL THE GOVERNMENT ELECTED AND EMPLOYEES , AND UNIONS , INCLUDING OBAMA, AND ALL THEIR FAMILIES,
SHOULD SIGN IN THE OBAMACARE,
THAN , THE PEOPLE COULD TALK,
AS EQUAL THEY ARE,
@Scott in Oklahoma, #5:
Which witnesses in question would those be? FOX New’s imaginary unnamed sources on the ground in Benghazi? Maybe some FOX News “reporters” and writers should be subpoenaed to put some names to those sources. FOX “news” stories before the election suggested there were a number of them. They could be shown the videos to refresh their memories.
Maybe you’re referring to Dylan Davies, who gave a detailed televised account of what he “witnessed,” which turned out to be a total fabrication designed to sell books? His story directly contradicted the incident report he filed with his own employer. That guy should definitely be questioned and required to testify under oath. Now he claims he didn’t provide the information in the incident report. Really? We’re actually supposed to believe that the firm contracted by the State Department to provide security at the Benghazi mission compound didn’t obtain a written statement from the field employee in charge of that security following its total failure? On top of everything else, Davies should be charged with insulting the public’s intelligence.
The fact is that there has been sworn testimony from actual witnesses. It was given at closed Congressional hearings. Republicans aren’t yapping about what they heard because there wasn’t anything there that supported their crackpot accusations. FOX isn’t mentioning the hearings because there was nothing that supported their totally irresponsible pre-election reporting and rumor mongering.
@Greg: No douchebag, I am not referring to “Dylan Davis” or whatever his name is, I am referring to the 30 or so survivor/witnesses the regime said were there at the time of the attack. FOX and CBS BOTH have been questioning the original bullshit storyline since the beginning, something you obviously believe.
So continue to spew your lies, continue to believe the lies you’ve been fed, it’s okay with me because your party will need the cannon fodder.
I doubt if most people on the right are even clear at this point about specifically what the lies are supposed to be. If all the various unfounded accusations that have been made against the Obama administration were laid out in a single long list, it would immediately become clear to any reasonable person that what we’re dealing with isn’t actually a theory. It’s a delusional construct. As such, neither evidence nor logical consistency is required. Those accused by the right are required to disprove every accusation or have each be taken as fact, no matter how absurd they might be to begin with.
Scott in Oklahoma
the four where let down by OBAMA TOO BUSY IN HIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN,
those HEROS defended valiantly ANY OTHER HIDDING IN ANOTHER PLACE AND VERY SCARE FOR THEIR LIVES,
knowing this AMERICA IS SENDING HELP ANY MINUTES,
BECAUSE NO MAN IS LEFT BEHIND TRADITION,
HE DID NOT SEND ANY HELP AND LIED ABOUT THE ONE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK,
NOT THE ALQAEDAS, BUT HE ACCUSED AN AMERICAN CHRISTIAN HORRIFIED TO HAVE WITTNESS HIS CHRISTIANS BROTHER BEING BEHEADED, AND HE MADE A VIDEO TO SHOW THE MUSLIM ATTACKS,IN AMERICA,
HE WAS NAMED BY OBAMA AS THE BAD GUY, AND HILARY ANSWER TO THE PUBLIC QUESTIONS, LATER ON,
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE AT THIS POINT, SHORTLY AFTER, THE BODYS CAME BACK,
EVEN THE UN WAS TOLD THE VIDEO WAS BAN AND THE ACCUSED WAS ARRESTED AND JAILED FOR TRYING TO SHOW THEIR BARBARIC MURDERS,,
WHAT MORE DOES GREG NEED, HE CALLED REPUBLICAN CRACKPOT YAPPING RUMOR MONGERING,
WHAT THE HELL IS HE CONSTANTLY COMING HERE FOR, NOBODY CARE ABOUT HIM,
AND
HIS SPIT ON THE CONSERVATIVES IN THIS CONSERVATIVE BLOG,
Greg
NO ONE NEED TO DISPROVE WHAT HAPPENED IT’S ON THE OPEN NOW,
IT’S IN YOUR FACE,
EVERY ONE KNOW THAT OBAMA LET DOWN THE BENGHASI TO DIE WITHOUT ANYBODY COMMING ,
THAT’S THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPEN IN AMERICA,
O REILLY AND KIMBERLY THANK YOU,FOR TELLING OF HER,
IT WAS SO UNFAIR TO HAVE HER IN PRISON,
MARISSA, SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE IN LIFE,
I JUST HEARD THE NEWS ON FOX BY OREILLY, AND KIMBERLY
FROM THE FIVES WAS THERE TO SAY IT,
SHE SAID SO, IT’S BEEN SO LONG FOR YOU,
GOOD LUCK TO YOU, GET RID OF THE SCUM WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR TIME IN PRISON, JUST BECAUSE YOU SHOOT ON THE WALL TO SCARE HIM FROM ATTACKING YOU,
MAY GOD PROTECT YOU ALWAYS, AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOUR CHILDREN BACK, AND RAISE THEM AS HONORABLE CITIZENS WHO HAVE A COURAGEOUS MOTHER,
AS YOU SHOWED EVERYONE YOU ARE GOING TO PROTECT THEM ALWAYS FROM BULLIES,
THEY WILL ALWAYS BE PROUD OF YOU,