As Twitchy reported, some legislators weren’t happy to hear that IRS Commissioner John Koskinen had paid a visit to Capitol Hill to meet with Republicans and lobby against his impeachment on charges of destruction of evidence and making false statements under oath.
Koskinen made some headway with more moderate representatives, but members of the more conservative Republican Study Committee, chaired by Rep. Bill Flores, were insistent that Koskinen had to go for his role in the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny.
Although it appeared earlier Wednesday night that the House would vote Thursday on whether to proceed with the impeachment process, Fox News’ Chad Pergram reports that the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing next week.
#BREAKING House Freedom Caucus forges deal to get hrngs on Koskinen impeachment resolution. No vote on issue Thursday
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 15, 2016
Hse Judiciary Cmte expected to hold hrng soon w/Koskinen on impeachment. Doubtful any impeachment vote could come until fall/after election
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 15, 2016
Freedom Caucus: The House Judiciary Committee will finally hold impeachment proceedings of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen next Wednesday.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 15, 2016
Freedom Caucus says Koskinen hrng next wk "will give every American the opportunity to hear..Koskinen answer..why he misled Congress"
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 15, 2016
Hse GOP ldrs dreaded messy Koskinen impeachment process. They don't like Koskinen but questioned if alleged transgressions met impeachment
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 15, 2016
Hse GOP ldrs utterly dreaded dealing w/Koskinen impeachment Thurs. Deal for hrng helps sidestep what would have revealed deep rifts
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 15, 2016
Koskinen impeachment may have been red meat for GOP base. But it also would have exposed schisms between some GOP mbrs & GOP leaders.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 15, 2016
IRS Commissioner Koskinen to appear at Judiciary Cmte hrng next Wed. Had been invited to appear in May but declined.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 15, 2016
Probable Hse never impeaches Koskinen now. It's math issue in both cmte & on flr. All Ds oppose. Only a few Rs necessary to kill resolution
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 15, 2016
Rep Fleming on Koskinen impeachment deal: This never would have happened without our efforts to bring this issue to the forefront
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 15, 2016
Fleming on Koskinen: If regular order is not followed through with we still reserve the right to bring up a privileged resolution again
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 15, 2016
Pergram tweeted earlier that of the four articles of impeachment against Koskinen, two had been kept deliberately vague to make them difficult to vote against.
IRS's Koskinen faces 4 Articles of Impeachment: Article 1: Koskinen ignored Congressional subpoenas
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 14, 2016
IRS's Koskinen faces 4 Articles of Impeachment. Article 2: Koskinen lied to Congress
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 14, 2016
IRS's Koskinen faces 4 Articles of Impeachment. Article 3: Koskinen did not do his job with honor on behalf of the US gov't
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 14, 2016
IRS's Koskinen faces 4 Articles of Impeachment. Article 4: Koskinen wasn't fair in probe of IRS targeting Americans due to their politics
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 14, 2016
Authors of Koskinen Articles of Impeachment wanted to make Articles 3 & 4 vague in effort to make it hard for GOP mbrs to vote nay
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) September 14, 2016
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