'Nefarious conduct': Rep. Darrell Issa subpoenas IRS Commissioner over 'lost' emails

Brett T. | 6:24 PM on June 16, 2014

Issa to IRS's Koskinen on missing IRS emails: I will not tolerate your continued obstruction & game-playing

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 16, 2014

House Oversight and Government Committee chairman Darrell Issa has subpoenaed IRS Commissioner John Koskinen to testify about the two years’ worth of Lois Lerner’s emails that were reportedly lost in a hard drive crash.

For too long, the #IRS has promised to produce requested documents, only to respond later with excuses & inaction.

— Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) June 16, 2014

Despite empty promises & broken commitments to cooperate, the #IRS still insists on flouting Constitutional congressional oversight

— Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) June 16, 2014

“Isn’t it convenient for the Obama Administration that the IRS now says it has suddenly realized it lost Lois Lerner’s emails requested by Congress and promised by Commissioner John Koskinen?” asked Issa in a statement. “Do they really expect the American people to believe that, after having withheld these emails for a year, they’re just now realizing the most critical time period is missing?

“The supposed loss of Lerner’s emails further blows a hole in the credibility of claims that the IRS is complying with Congressional requests and their repeated assurances that they’re working to get to the truth. If there wasn’t nefarious conduct that went much higher than Lois Lerner in the IRS targeting scandal, why are they playing these games?”