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2014-09-10 Government
US Atty Gen's Aide calls wrong Congressional office; asks for help in spinning IRS scandal
A senior communications aide to Attorney General Eric Holder seemingly called House oversight committee chairman Darrell Issa's staff by accident and asked for their help spinning new revelations about the IRS scandal, Issa said in a September 8 letter to Holder. Issa believes the call was intended to be made to Democratic Rep. Elijah Cumming's staff, the ranking member on the oversight panel, the letter said.

According to the letter, Fallon " who is not named in the letter but confirmed he made the call " asked if the aides could release the IRS scandal documents to “selected reporters” to give Fallon an “opportunity to comment publicly on it.” Fallon explained to Issa aides that the Justice Department's Office of Legislative Affairs had not permitted him to release the documents to the public and he wanted to get ahead of the story “before the Majority” " meaning Issa " could share it, according to the letter.

Issa aides " who had placed the call on speakerphone " were “caught off guard by the unusual nature of the call and the odd request” and asked Fallon to “e-mail the material for evaluation.”

“At this point,” Fallon “abruptly placed the call on hold for approximately three minutes.” When Fallon returned to the call, “he was audibly shaken. He immediately stated that there was a 'change in plans' and that there would be no effort” by DOJ to release the material early.

Fallon, however, said in a written statement that nothing untoward occurred.

“There is nothing inappropriate about department staff having conversations with both the majority and minority staff as they prepare responses to formal inquiries. That includes conversations between the spokespeople for the Department and the committee,” Fallon said. Other than confirming he made the phone call in question, Fallon did not respond to any of the details of what took place during the call.

Copy of Letter
Posted by Pappy 2014-09-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 Fucking dumbasses... they can't even do corruption and coverup properly.

Get some rope.
Posted by DarthVader 2014-09-10 00:59||   2014-09-10 00:59|| Front Page Top

#2 They are at it again, too. Now going after Breitbart News Network with a massive audit. Drudge, Breitbart, and Senator Cruz came out today with an extensive demand themselves on why apparent political persecution by the IRS is still ongoing, with Cruz hinting at criminal charges against the IRS.
Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-09-10 02:13||   2014-09-10 02:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Simply deduct 15% from everyone's pay and forward it to the Department of the Treasury. The IRS is no longer needed.
Posted by Besoeker 2014-09-10 03:11||   2014-09-10 03:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Why not abolish federal taxes too? The Fed can just print whatever the government needs. 40% of the federal budget already comes from borrowed/printed money anyway. Why not just make it 100%?
Posted by RandomJD 2014-09-10 07:22||   2014-09-10 07:22|| Front Page Top

#5 No, Besoeker: the goal is to deduct EVERYTHING from everyone's pay and then send back to them what the government thinks they should get.
Posted by Glenmore 2014-09-10 07:24||   2014-09-10 07:24|| Front Page Top

#6 If this doesn't speak to IRS corruption and coverup, I don't know what does. Time to abolish the IRS as these people are so crooked they have to screw their socks on in the morning. Better take a look at a few other agencies at the same time. DOJ, State, EPA have all been politicized against the interests of the American people. Probably could add a few more to the list.
Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-10 09:22||   2014-09-10 09:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Sounds more like Mr. Fallon (hired by the Atty General after the disclosure of the DOJ's subpoenaing phone records from the AyPee, among other things) is still moonlighting for his old boss, Senator Chuck Schumer.
Posted by Pappy 2014-09-10 11:39||   2014-09-10 11:39|| Front Page Top

#8 ...with Cruz hinting at criminal charges against the IRS.

As much as I would like to see that, I don't see it happening until there is a Republican President. And I have doubts it would happen even then. The Republicans, have turned into the Republican'ts.
Posted by Sonny Glarong6820 2014-09-10 14:10||   2014-09-10 14:10|| Front Page Top

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