◼ Paul Ryan Goes Ballistic On IRS Commissioner Over Lost Emails: ‘I Don’t Believe You’ [VIDEO] - Daily Caller
“I’m not asking you a question, I’m making a statement…You can turn [taxpayers'] lives upside down. You ask taxpayers to hand over seven years of their own taxpayer information in case they’re ever audited, and you can’t keep six months of emails?,” Ryan said.◼ Videos: Paul Ryan, Kevin Brady expose holes in the IRS’s story - Noah Rothman/HotAir
“This is not being forthcoming. This is being misleading again. This is a pattern of abuse, a pattern of behavior that is not giving us any confidence that this agency is being impartial. I don’t believe you. This is incredible,” Ryan said.
◼ White House Learned of Lerner's Crashed Hard Drive 6 Weeks Before Congress - CNS
In sworn testimony Friday, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen admitted that the IRS told the Obama administration about Lois Lerner's missing emails in April, six weeks before telling Congress, even though Congress had subpoenaed Lerner's emails as part of its investigation into the alleged muzzling of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status before the 2010 election.◼ Koskinen displays a typical Obama administration official’s attitude toward wrongdoing: We didn’t do anything wrong, and you’re wasting your time investigating us. - Bryan Preston/PJMedia
"The IRS knew in February, or maybe even in March, and Treasury and the White House knew at least in April -- but Congress and the American people didn't find out until June. Were you purposely not telling us?" House Ways and Means Chair Dave Camp (R-Mich.) asked Koskinen. "Were you purposely not revealing this to the American people?"
◼ LIVE House Hearing: IRS Commissioner testifies on missing Lois Lerner emails - Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion
◼ You should be able to view the livestream of the hearing at the committee’s UStream channel.
◼ IRS commissioner: You know, e-mail isn’t necessarily an “official record”; Update: IRS Manual says it is - Ed Morrissey/HotAir
