Dems Hijack IRS Head Impeachment Hearing To Go After Trump

The Freedom Caucus in the House has spent most of the summer trying to get IRS Commissioner John Koskinen impeached. Unfortunately for them, that attempt was derailed last week but they did get a hearing on the possibility of his impeachment as a consolation prize. I’m not sure it was worth it. Democrats essentially hijacked the hearing by asking pointed questions about taxes and foundations that were clearly aimed at Donald Trump. Jerry Nadler asked if there was anything that would prohibit someone from releasing their taxes even if they were under audit. The answer was no. Ted Deutch wanted to know if there was anything that prohibit someone from releasing the audit letter they received from the IRS in order to prove they were under audit. The answer was no. He followed that up by asking whether releasing taxes during an audit would in any way impact the audit. The answer was no, but Koskinen added, “The release itself wouldn’t. The concern sometimes by taxpayers is that when the information is public there may be more information that will be discovered or provided.” Yes, that would be a concern wouldn’t it. But the star of the day was Luis Gutierrez who wanted to know whether using foundation money to pay legal expenses and buy portraits for private use was legal and he did this while munching on some Skittles. Koskinen responded by saying that “any tax-exempt organization cannot use its money to benefit someone who is closely associated with that organization.”

So there you have it. One presidential candidate was cleared by the FBI Director and the other has just been virtually indicted by the IRS Commissioner. I wonder which one gets the most press?