The Republican chairman of a powerful House committee moved Tuesday to impeach Internal Revenue Service Commissioner and Obama appointee John Koskinen, saying he violated the public trust and obstructed congressional investigations looking into the IRS’ treatment of conservative groups.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah, chair of the House Oversight Committee, called impeachment an appropriate tool to restore public confidence in the IRS and “demonstrate to the American people that the IRS is under repair.”
The impeachment bid comes less than a week after the Justice Department said no IRS official will face criminal charges in the political controversy over the processing of applications by groups seeking tax-exempt status.
The decision closed a two-year investigation into accusations that stoked outrage among Republicans in Congress, who alleged bias in the tax agency’s treatment of conservative and tea party groups in seeking the tax-exempt designation under former director Lois Lerner.
In his impeachment resolution, Chaffetz said Obama-appointee Koskinen violated the public trust in at least three ways: He failed to comply with a subpoena resulting in destruction of key evidence containing thousands of Lerner’s emails; failed to testify truthfully to Congress about IRS handling of emails involving Lerner and other officials; and failed to notify Congress that key evidence was missing.
The IRS destroyed Lerner’s emails in March 2014, but did not notify Congress that the emails were missing until June 2014 — three months later and well after the White House and the Treasury Department were notified, Chaffetz said.
Eighteen Republicans on the committee joined Chaffetz in co-sponsoring the impeachment resolution, which now goes to the House Judiciary Committee.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
He will never be impeached. Look what has happened with Obama. If a Republican President had done what Obama has done he would have been gone real quick. Obama don’t even recognize we have a Constitution.
castration seems to lenient
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I agree with Dewey! There have been many issues among the Democrats and Republicans that they must have been impeached or told to resign! This crap where the American government officials are not doing their jobs, Representatives, Senators, Judges, Supreme Court and Obama not following protocol, our Constitution, our military! Americans are sick and tired of this! Do you know why candidates like Carson, Trump and Carly are leading in the debates, because Americans don’t like politicians now! They are NOT greeting the job done!!!
the obama is what is stopping Hillary murdering our citizen in another country she laughs over chris death Tske down Obama and yu rid the country of the trash we have brought into office
Hillary is a very sick person!
then take her to the doctor nuh! you all are jealous of her. You all who are so critical cannot do half the job she has done!
What a brainwashed imbecile.
I spent 31 years in the United States Navy and guarantee you I could do any job she was screwed up with my hands tied behind my back. You must take responsibility for your actions or in her case inactions and lies. Unfortunately the Democrat party has been hijacked by the progressives and socialists and they are on the verge of being fitted for their Jack Boots. There is not a single elected or appointed Democrat in any political position who would know the truth if it hit them square in the face. It amazes me that there are so many fools out there who just sit around like good little sponges and soak up everything that spews from their mouths and then turn right around and regurgitate the false information as though they knew it to be the truth. Try doing even a small amount of research on what you received to verify it’s validity and you might change your point of view. I say this because I once was where you now are and finally awoke one day did a little research and found out I had been lied to for many years. It can’t hurt to check, that way you are nobody’s fool.
Must be speaking of yourself. You just keep listening to the main street media, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, ABC, CBS, FOX and all the liberal and conservative rags called newspapers, and magazines, while Obama and the rest of the Democrat Party spend you into bankruptcy with their out of control spending and I might add they are helped along by the Republican Party. There is plenty of blame to go around on either side of the isle. All Politicians do is run for re-election and pad their purses while you and I get poorer by the day.
Where there is smoke thee is usually fir and the smoke gets bigger and bigger
If what you say is true, than Both Bush and Cheney should have been at least impeached, if not actually tried. for Yhe Halliblurton fiasco.
Soooooo very TRUE!
so true! Bush /Cheney blatantly lied to the American people about having intelligence of WMD in Iraq.They are responsible for destabilizing the region and left it in the mud it is now in.THEY SHOULD BE IMPEACHED and they were not. They left the presidency in quagmire and left the people to squeeze blood out of a turnip!
Do you realize that a lot of the weapons were carried to Syria under the disguise of humanitarian aid
Next we should impeach Obama. Please he has almost destroyed this country.
Never said be will not happening, is what a President and Dems said and why abuse, every thing can happening,all are to hot around, to much hot, I assure you Dem not only be will loose, what be will happening after, next President term for Dems be will to dark, what doing now are pure discrimination, and that be will get after loose. Do you have any idea how many million American and senior Citizen suffer now? You go any where and sense in air how sad and anger are American, I never see nothing alike. A good luck for Dems be will over very soon, but what come after Dems not have much idea, we are near to arm rebellion and not be to sure declare Martial Law all be obey, peoples not only hungry but real hate Dems and President.
No offense Hora, but your written English is so poor a person can hardly make out what you’re trying to say. Maybe you should consider writing it in your native language instead, and pay attention to your typing errors.
you know my husband has been saying ever seance Obama got in office , we will never see another election because they will do ever thing in there power to keep him in office . i of course did not want to believe this . but it’s seams to be true.. I’m praying Donal trump get in there and turns our country around but i don’t know if he well get there I’m afraid they will try something to stop him .
Donald who? give me a break! The country would be going to war every day.The man has no substantive plan for the country except to flaunt his riches!Have you all listen to him speak and cry foul when he is behind in the pole.He is a comedian and the country is not ready yet for a comedian and a reality star president.
They might be better than the establishment
What about Lois Lerner?
Lois Lerner was/is a Obama puppet.
Lois Lerner is crook,no bout about it. She emailed me that the tuition Fees is non deductable. May be she was on some cheap drug therapy. Such people who get posts in important agencies of our Government, have no idea what the laws and statutes are all about.
If they know some one on the department they get the job.
I have no clue who have hired her,Bush or Bama?
WE HAVE LEARNED BY SAD EXPERIENCE THAT IT IS THE NATURE AND DISPOSITION OF ALMOST ALL MEN, AS SOON AS THEY GET A LITTLE AUTHORITY, AS THEY SUPPOSE, THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO EXERCISE UNRIGHTEOUS DOMINION.
Do tell?!
The Justice Department says she did no wrong ( and I have some swamp land I would like to sell you in Louisiana that is just wonderful for land use.) We wish she would go to prison but it won’t happen with this lack of government we have. The Fifth Column (mainstream media) has white washed everything that their savior Obama has done or allowed to happen. I hope this truth will not be considered hate speech. If either one of these people really faced criminal charges they would be singing like canaries.
Hate speech? Here? Shirley, you jest!!!
One head rolled BUT ended up a gutter ball hence leaving 10 pins untouched!
Something big is fixing to happen. I can feel it in my heart. I just hope it is the Lord taking control and answering all of our prayers and doing away with Obama and all of his trolls.
The optimism you exhibit is refreshing. Also unfounded and comical, but refreshing nevertheless. For what it’s worth, Romans 1:28 may be more relevant to this situation than a generic hope for unprecedented intervention. Unfortunately, it seems unlikely that the deserved outcome will be the actual result anytime soon.
Dear Desert Lion,
It has been my observation that individuals who expect The Lord to come back to earth and take control of all problems facing humanity FLAT OUT REFUSE TO ACCEPT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS AND FOLLOW THEM WITH PROPER ACTIONS NEEDED TO CORRECT PROBLEMS …. BECAUSE GOD IS IN CONTROL. In their minds, humans were created robots whom God manipulates at will not as children of a Creator who have the capacity of growing up, make decisions, and accept the responsibilities of their own actions. As long as religions insist on teaching God is in control, people will not accept the responsibility of living life or of making decisions.
Make no mistake. God has given free will to every one of His children and he does expect each of His children to take action FIRST. What God has never given any of His children is control over the reaction to every action. How else but by observing the results of Your decisions and actions can you learn how to do the right.
Dems are the politicians who have mastered the art of promising citizens they can take control of the decision making process so all can be blessed at the expense of those who do think, make decisions, act, and accept the consequences of their actions.
No. I do not believe The Lord will come to take away from us the responsibilities we should have long taken up to create a better world for all, ourselves and our families inclusive.
In response to janette vendez comment,I wish to add a biblical directive with respect to an area of “justice”,where we don’t have the responsibility of taking vengeance against wrongdoing,as much as we would like to.Altho we are given responsibility to pray,correct,ludge,speak;He also said;”Do not avenge yourselves[with regard to our enemies,and God’s enemies]VENGEANCE IS MINE SAITH THE LORD;I WILL REPAY”. Our difficulty is knowing the times and seasons,and we want it NOW !There’s an interesting scripture in Gen;15;16″for the sin of the Amorites had not yet reached its full measure”.In preceding chapters,God judged Noahs’ generation by destroying them in a flood.Later,Sodom and Gomorah. !Later we read in Isiah51;17reference to “the cup of his wrath..” So,I find comfort in knowing that a righteous God is well able,;has in the past,and will again in the future judge the sin and iniquity of unrepentant individuals and nations.
God gave us the right to make our decisions. If we choose him then he will guide us. Look at the founding of this nation and the civil war. But if we choose the devils way then we will reap the consequences.
AMEN to that!
We all need to turn back to our Savior Jesus Christ, for his direction and guidance. I believe the reason all this serious corruption has taken place is so that we as a society can see and experience what happens when the people embrace leaders who are Satan’s disciplines. Dr. Ben Carson is a Godly wise man, who listens and takes direction from God.
I believe more and more people are wising up and realizing that we need GOD to be the voice of the people, once again.
Was God the voice of the people when he told Noah to build the Ark?
Amen to that !
Lois Lerner must also be impeached.
Definitely ! Of course, she IS one of Obummer’s trolls.
Why is the illegal criminal not being impeached, because he is not a citizen, and actually a Usurper?
We have become what George Washington refused—RULED BY KING “OBAMA” AND THE “SUPREME COURT” They make the legislation NOT CONGRESS. If our elected officials DO NOT REPRESENT us they will eventually all be voted out. AMERICA WILL NEVER BE RULED BY A KING–apart from GOD>
Congress appears incompetent to make laws, or do much of anything else lately.
WOW. A member of Congress with the balls to actually try to punish a government bureaucrat. But as with Oblowhard, will there be enough votes in a corrupt Senate to convict? In government you need to have more than just good intentions. And just because the Republicans have majorities in both chambers means nothing. The democommies have been getting their way in the Senate on every issue before it since Jan. 2015.
You touched it. The bureaucrats are the demons in the brew. They perform any command, no matter how heinous and with impunity. They are the best paid workers in the US and they’re numbers are huge. They are steering the ship of state.
The federal bureaucracy must be reduced by 1/2 and their pay equivalent to the private sector. Sadly, I really don’t see it in the future.
You are so right, Peter! The Presidency is limited to two terms. Why are members of Congress not ALSO limited in how many terms they can “serve”??? It’s not going to happen simply because the only ones that can make that change are members of Congress themselves. They are not going to cut off their GRAVY TRAIN by voting to limit their own terms – nor their right to gives THEMSELVES pay raises! Serving in Congress was NEVER intended to be a lifelong calling. It was intended for them to serve our country for two years and then RETURN to their homes, their families, and their normal work! Today, when someone is elected to Congress, what is the FIRST thing they do — buy a home in the Washington area!
It is time for the AMERICAN PEOPLE to get off their butts, out of their lounge chairs, and DO what has to be done to bring our great nation BACK to a land of freedom OF religion (not “from” religion) and back to the basic Christian principles this country was founded on and made it GREAT! That includes welcoming those from other lands who ascribe to OUR way of life, OUR customs, principles and laws. If their ways and customs are so much better than what is offered in the United States, let them go BACK to their own countries and stop trying to change US!
A publican majority doesn’t mean anything now. There aren’t enough Tea Party/Conservatives, too many RINOs that are about the same as the Democrats.
Impeach Barack HUSSEIN Obama and Hillary while you are at it.
Sounds lovely, but it’s a bit late to impeach Hillary since she’s not in any office. If the FBI identifies criminal charges, it might stay that way, but even that would only be the case if the charges were prosecuted. If that happens, it’s because the Obamas do not want another Clinton in the White House. I’m not holding my breath.
Amen
OK, dee, you may now return to your knitting and humming to yourself.
all of obama’s appointees including self have not been impeached. too bad the supreme court (? justices?) can’t be too, after all allowing obama care to continue goes against the constitution too.
It appears the “great” United States of America is floating around in an ocean with no compass! I’ve been saying for a long time to impeach the bastards!
The one that should be impeached is obama !!! After all he told them what to do and not to do !!! Like I havd said before no one has the balls to impeach obama !!! God help us all and God bless America !!!!?
AMEN to that.
Lots of “amens” flying around here lately.
To heck with the guy they’re impeaching. Impeach and immediately arrest for high treason and find guilty, that illegitimate, Kenyan born, multi-citizenship, Antichrist, communist, community DISorganizer, homosexual-married to a trasvestite-case study of devilish fraud and walking fecal matter Osama Obama. Then get that unclean, Jezebelian whore and lying murderess – lesbian Hitlery Rosen- that’s right-Rosen, NOT Rodham (Surprize ! She’s a crypto-jew ) Clinton. Arrest her for high treason, put her and Obama on public trial, find them guilty and then publicly dispose of them both on national television. Strip that abominable filth “Michelle”/ Michael obama ( small case intended. . .) naked on the same telecast and expose the concealed genital and the fact Michelle is a negro male fraud- so much like Barry soetoro is and then dispose of her/ er,ah him the same way. Throw them all into a dumpster and call for a pick-up.
GLAD TO HEAR THAT SOMEONE ELSE THINKS AS I DO ALL YOU SAID IS TRUE BURN THEM ON A STAKE
Dear Sue
You are 100% correct on your facts…Obama was NOT born in the US…I picked him up at the HNL airport with his Communist Party (card carrying member) Grandmother…MOST of the FACTS about him and his background
are Bravo Sierra…
Keo
What is the process for impeachment? Does it have to go through DOJ? If that is the case then we know that Koskinen will not face impeachment as none of the other wrongdoers within the Obama administration have faced any consequences for their bad acts or illegal actions such as Susan Rice (Benghazi Falsehoods), Eric Holder (Fast & Furious), Lois Lerner (IRS Scandals), Al Sharpton (IRS Fradulent Filings), Charlie Rangle (IRS Fradulent Filings), Hillary Clinton (IRS Fradulent Filings) and on and on. Not one person that I know of under the Obama Administration has faced criminal charges.
I doubt Obama is going to get impeached, or even a slap on the wrist. He is very well insulated, very protected by his inner-circle of other like-minded Godless sociopaths. But that doesn’t mean that he’ll never have to answer to a higher power/authority.
the chief of IRS should be impeached and go to jail. Also Lois Lerner is a unconvicted felon and should lose ALL retirement and stand trial.
I agree with Dee. Impeach Obama, Hilary and their minions…
The government as a whole is a joke. There is complete division. None of them care about the people. They care about the money. If anyone needs to be impeached it would be Obama. We are headed to the next big mess named Hillary Clinton. She will be president because she has all the money at the end of the day that is what its all about in politics. The constitution can not make them money. Look at how weak our society has become. Its not good.
When I compare Nixon and Watergate to Obama and his administration, Nixon didn’t even get to Kinder Garden compared to what Obama has done. And the liar and Chief is still in office, with the help of the Republican (Traitors to the American People) Rinos..
Nixon had one incident, Watergate, How many things has Obama had, including electronic brain washing the American Public.(Just like Gruber, the architect of selling Obama care to the American Public told us about, using sub-liminal messages ) How many unlawful executive orders has he written? However we can hope.
This should be the first of many IRS impeachments. Everyone involved in this activity should face impeachment and possible criminal prosecution. These people violated the constitutional rights of American citizens. They should lose their job and their government pensions.
The only way to stop this unconstitutional practice is to make an example of those involved in the scandal and make sure they feel the pain for their dastardly deeds.
I agree, they should be, but realistically they won’t be. As I said in my previous post they are well protected by other corrupt minds — the corrupt defend the corrupt. Much like pedophiles protect other pedophiles, the corrupt protect the corrupt –“The Devil takes care of his own”….. although if the SHTF, well, “There’s no honor among thieves.”
rhe only way the American cutizens are ever going to see justice served on the IRS is if they as a whole simply refuse to pay any and all taxes until this government is cleaned up and prosecuted for their illegal acts
That little stool sample should be behind bars.
It would really be nice if those of you who are replying to someone’s comments would be so kind to identify as to whom you are replying to….. It’s very difficult, if not impossible, to try to understand as to whom you are replying to, which can make everyone’s comments pretty much meaningless… Have a blessed day !
@Phil — The reason most posters here (including myself) don’t identify the person we are replying to (at least on this board) is because when you hit REPLY your response is automatically placed directly under the post you are responding to, and also, as you’ll see with your post and my reply to your post, the original post and the reply/replies are also enclosed in the same box.
See above example where I replied to Justin Wachin. Hope that helps, Joy-Ann R.
How come so many people feel the same way about these idiots but the media makes them so great in the poles? So much for a free election. I think the clintons own the electoral college. Therefore, 80 percent can vote against her and they would still say she won! Folks, we are in a socialist society where we like it or not.
They will not do anything to this IRS guy. They did nothing to the idiot lady that had the position before him.
We are being controlled by the idiots in Washington. I like the word idiot because it fits our politicians so well.
Although, when you read many comments, sometimes the word “idiot” fits more than just the politicians.
Obama should have been impeached back in 2008/ such a liar and trader has no regards to our constitution
It would have been difficult to impeach Obama back in 2008, seeing as how he was not first inaugurated as POTUS until January 20, 2009.
Also, I had no idea “trading” was prohibited in the U.S. Constitution.
Two years they have been saying there going to impeach Obama and that’s all it is , TALK …. Nothing will ever be done about that yellow lawless trash so give me a break !! TALK , TALK , TALK , NEVER ANY ACTION !!!! PLEASE ….
that is a good start but don’t stop there impeach everyone of Obama s liberals
Hillary for prison 2016 Obama her cell mate
we as American citizens need to get our heads out of our butts and look at what this president and his administration are and have done to this country, there is an old saying WE TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO TREAT US and we by sitting back and not doing anything have taught this Obama dude and his cronies that they can and will and have done what they want how they want and when ever they want to do to bring down this great nation and all that it has stood for and worse yet the lives that were lost in the last 200 years were all in vain , it’s time we took a stand and said enough is enough before it’s to late, IMPEACH OBAMA AND HIS CRONIES AND LET THE REST KNOW WERE FED UP, we have a Constitution lets not let it go to waste , this president uses it for toilet paper. STAND UP BEFORE IT’S TO LATE use your e-mail. your twitter, your face book your phone whatever LETS STAND UP AND FIGHT DAMN IT, GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR BUTTS.
Joe S. I agree. but to hell with the phones, notes, etc, This country needs to go to war before war comes here and all of these SOB’s go hide deep in that mountain, where no one can reach them. It is way past time to get serious. Give us a leader, NOW!
We as Americans had better wake up just think about it this country has went to H–L ever since Obama has become president . Don’t you think it is kind of funny since Obama has become president there has been more killing and fighting in this country than there was lets just say 8 yrs. ago . People laugh because Donald Trump is running for President and just think about this, how many of those that are running really care about the people of the United States not a one has said anything only Trump seems like he cares about who is coming into this country illegal get there butts out of this country and I don’t really care how they do it they are taking this country over and you know who they are , it has got worse in the last couple of years . I got laid off and they hired 10 illegals and I never got called back because they were paying them less than what I was making. People you had better wake up who in the world want’s another Obama in the White House ,sure yaw think Donald Trump is a clown but he is the only one that has any concerns about this country and cares about what is going on and really cares about the people, you think Carson is the one to be President wrong the only reason he wants to be President is because he thinks just because Obama made it he can too, so yaw had better think very hard about Donald Trump as our next President because I think he will have this country back in shape in know time . I have had my say and if know body likes it well that is just to bad , that is what you call FREEDOM OF SPEECH and if Carson and the others get in there , there wont be any FEEDOM OF SPEECH so yaw had better wake up and really listen to Trump he didn’t get where he is today from being stupid , he is a really smart Man , THINK ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!! WAKE UUUPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!! UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!!!!
Only thing I can say it is about time. Our country is in the worst shape than it has ever been in and I just wonder if it can be saved. It is going to take a joint effort between the Republicans and the Democrats, they are going to have to let bygones be forgotten from both sides. It could be to late if Puten decides to give his most distractive weapon since the A-Bomb. Some very educated men that have studied the Bible for many years believe that Obama will be the last President of the United States of America. But maybe if Obama is Impeached, I believe that Carson is a very smart man, He reminds me of Jimmy Carter very quite spoken and thinks before he speaks. A President is faced with many issues that have to be answers quick or watch-out !!! Trump has some things I have noticed. He want to be in control and that isn’t a good thing, if he is elected he is going to have to listen to his cabinet members on some matters than he isn’t as well vises. I believe he is the only one running that can get us on the way back to recovery as far as getting us out of debit. I hope he will make the money is backed by gold again. It is my understanding that is enough gold to do this once the money is no longer printed by stopped the presses, until we get thinks payed up to date. We need to keep the American money as the Federal Reserve elected money that is going to used.
obama is not our first black president. He is biracial. he is far from being proud of that fact.