The Judiciary Committee is deciding if the House will move forward with impeachment proceedings against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. President Obama is not happy that Republicans didn’t take his word for it that there was “not a smidgen of corruption” during the IRS’s admitted targeting of Tea Party groups:
IRS Chief John Koskinen sworn in at House Judiciary hearing on proposed impeachment. Pres Obama calls it "crazy" and "strange distraction." pic.twitter.com/VicUCoDCeO
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) September 21, 2016
Watch @HouseJudiciary's hearing over the articles of impeachment filed against the IRS Commissioner live: https://t.co/mYLUMvQ1dA
— FreedomWorks (@FreedomWorks) September 21, 2016
Koskinen admitted to giving false statements to Congress:
Koskinen freely admits the IRS didn't comply with requests to provide emails and that his previous testimony was incorrect…
— Michelle Ray (@GaltsGirl) September 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/778601359549554688
However, Koskinen said he didn’t intentionally mislead Congress:
https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/778605735701803008
“I didn’t intend to.” Where have we heard that before?
Super! Charge him with perjury. https://t.co/nrstQkLsMp
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 21, 2016
when he found out otherwise he was quick to correct the record (Wait What?)
— Rebecca (@WVPugMom) September 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/778601424426930177
And why do they bother swearing him in? He's lying. https://t.co/UqG82w0PeW
— Pillage Idiot (@pillageidiot) September 21, 2016
The level of corruption in this administration is disgusting.
— The Lone Tweeter (@LoneTweeter) September 21, 2016