IRS Chief Skips Own Impeachment Hearing
23rd May 2016
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen will not appear at a Tuesday impeachment hearing examining allegations of his misconduct despite an invitation to testify from the House Judiciary Committee.
As reported by Politico, the IRS says the Commissioner Koskinen does not have time to “fully prepare” because he just returned from China. The agency claims that he was not given enough notice of the hearing, which was scheduled more than a week ago.
Hey, what does he need to prepare? An alibi? Either he did what they say he did or he didn’t; either way, he ought to know.
The hearing is the first step in examining findings from the House Oversight Committee, which last year called for Koskinen’s impeachment.
Following the revelations that the IRS had been applying improper, politically motivated scrutiny to tea party and conservative organizations, Koskinen was appointed head of the agency promising reform and transparency.
Guess it didn’t work.