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-Lurid Crime Tales-
IRS chief Koskinen says he was misled, doesn’t deserve impeachment
2016-09-22
It is the job of the top guy to look deeply enough into everything to ensure that he is not misled. If he did not do this, he should be fired for incompetence. Unless he actually was complicit in the cover up, in which case he should be impeached. But either way, clearly he lacks the instincts to properly clean up what he did not previously bestir himself to discover, and needs to be replaced even as the decision of defenestration or imprisonment is made.
[WASHINGTONTIMES] While acknowledging that the IRS
...the Internal Revenue Service; that office of the United States government that collects taxes and persecutes the regime's political enemies...
 bungled tea party applications, and that he himself gave wrong information to Congress, agency Commissioner John Koskinen told politicians Wednesday he needs to remain at the IRS in order to clean it up.

At a hearing designed to lay the ground for his possible impeachment, Mr. Koskinen implied he was let down by his subordinates, who allowed hundreds of backup tapes to be destroyed, losing tens of thousands of emails from former senior executive Lois G. Lerner.

It is the loss of those emails, even as they were under a subpoena issued by Congress, that has landed Mr. Koskinen in the hot seat, with conservative Republicans demanding he be ousted from office for his behavior.

Mr. Koskinen in 2014 testified that all of the information was being preserved, but now says that was faulty information and he, too, was misinformed.

"I accept that it is up to you to judge my overall record, but I believe impeachment would be improper," Mr. Koskinen told the House Judiciary Committee.
I emphatically agree! Impeachment is a half-measure that clearly lacks finality and closure.
Posted by:Fred

#15  Fuck him. Prosecute him.

Yeah that. Do we still have an "opposition party"? Or are they all too busy with working to fund-raise for their re-election to actually WORK for the voters that put them in office?
Posted by: Crusader   2016-09-22 22:58  

#14  Make an example of him and the 1-4 layers of managers beneath him.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-09-22 22:28  

#13  He should watch Shawshank and be reminded it was fiction.
Posted by: Frank G   2016-09-22 17:13  

#12  Some Conservative requests for tax-exempt status are still being held up. The Teaparty endorsed Trump officially today. This guy even looks evil--impeachment is too good for him. I get perverse pleasure out of the thought of him mingling with the prison population.
Posted by: Thor Lumumba3940   2016-09-22 16:44  

#11  I smell The Fear.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-09-22 15:27  

#10  For a manager to allow himself to be misled by his subordinates, is a sign of lack of management competence.
When that misdirection causes the manager to swear to a false statement, this represents a failure on his part to perform due diligence in verifying the statements of his subordinates.
In ordinary circumstances the subordinates causing the misinformation are summarily fired.
The absence of any such discipline suggests that the manager condones being made a fool of and an actual felon, in this way.
The fact that the lie sworn to supports the political position of the manager, similarly supports the idea that he condones the lies told to him.
The manager can relieve himself of some of the guilt for his behavior at the beginning by swearing that his false statement is offered to the best of his knowledge and outlining the extent of his knowledge and investigation of the matter, rather than swearing it as a fact.
Does all this create an impeachable offence?
I am not sure.
But I believe it appropriate for the manager to be called back to the committee and asked to name those subordinates who misled him.
If he fails to do so, I would consider the behavior impeachable.
Otherwise it would be appropriate for the committee to explore the motivation of those subordinates who allegedly misled him, by questioning them.
Posted by: Grins Snese4215   2016-09-22 13:37  

#9  He should be impeached just for looking like Gollum.
Posted by: Raj   2016-09-22 11:45  

#8  Impeachment and prison time are the least that should happen. He should die in PMITA prison.
Posted by: Count Galeazzo Gurly-Brown2245   2016-09-22 11:31  

#7  He does deserve impeachment and prosecution. Unfortunately at the present, "Party is above right and wrong and law and order. You won't find any Donks who want to impeach one of their own who they view as just doing party work.
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-09-22 11:01  

#6  Grom's suggestion in the 'US must accept UN constraints' thread might be appropriate here too...
Posted by: Glenmore   2016-09-22 10:00  

#5  Impeach and imprison.
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-09-22 09:19  

#4  Is the Greyhound Zero terminal parking lot nearing empty?
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2016-09-22 08:11  

#3  I think the "Screw him" point of view is the right one.
He IS a rat-maggot.
Flush him.
Posted by: Glomorong Gravirong5494   2016-09-22 04:49  

#2  Koskinen the Victim? I predict attendance will be very light.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-09-22 04:34  

#1  Fuck him. Prosecute him.
Posted by: Crusader   2016-09-22 00:05  

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