'Blackberry smash': Emails reveal detail about Lois Lerner that IRS chief Koskinen 'didn't know'

At a recent House hearing, IRS head John Koskinen was asked if Lois Lerner “had a Blackberry or an iPhone.” Koskinen replied that he didn’t know.

A recent email finally provided to Congress that shows Lerner sought to target Sen. Chuck Grassley for an IRS examination appears to give Koskinen an answer to that question:

Pssst! pic.twitter.com/YdTIhRZUfb

— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) June 25, 2014

Here’s another:

Breaking: Many of the 'missing' #IRS emails may have been routed through Lerner's Blackberry. #LoisLerner #IRSscandal pic.twitter.com/2MrXnDyER9

— Freedom Weekly (@FreedomWeekly) June 25, 2014

There’s Koskinen’s answer! Not that he would have had trouble finding that out.

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/481903161763180544

@NoahCRothman right, but perhaps we should look there too?

— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) June 25, 2014

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Yes, that might be a place to check. Unless…

https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/481903085363548160
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/481905113867358208

Where should investigators turn at this point?

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/481903116468879360

Lerner used Blackberry to email. I'm sure NSA has all emails

— pittsburghdan (@danky1465) June 25, 2014

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