Commentary
Over the years, we have seen a number of occasions when we were reminded that the wheels of justice turn exceedingly slow.
Regular readers will recall my persistence in finding individuals accountable for wrongdoing regardless of how long it takes and regardless if no jail time results.
For instance, I never believed we would see Hillary Clinton serve any time for her dereliction of duty over the deaths of four Americans during the Benghazi raid, for her mishandling of classified documents and thousands of missing e-mails, nor for her involvement in the fabrication of the Russian dossier. However, we deserve to see her found accountable for her actions, or lack thereof, and publicly affirmed.
It’s why I look forward to Special Counsel John Durham’s report on the Clinton campaign’s involvement in the Steele Dossier scandal, and why I support Rep. James Comer’s plan to investigate the FBI’s suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop and the Biden family corruption beginning next month. Without accountability, bad actors in our government will continue to operate unabated.
The Deep State, primarily the FBI, has an overabundance of them.
At Long Last
Thanks to Judicial Watch, the nonpartisan foundation with its mission of promoting transparency, integrity and accountability, we are finally learning how officials in former President Obama’s Internal Revenue Service did, in fact, target conservative Tea Party organizations.
On several occasions, I have stated my belief that officials in the Obama administration covertly worked to avenge the Supreme Court’s decision on Citizens United.
That decision held that the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations, including nonprofit corporations, labor unions and other associations.
They didn’t need Obama’s signature on a document. His obnoxious charge against members of the Supreme Court during his January 27, 2010 State of the Union address was all they needed.
Depositions by Lois Lerner, then director of the Exempt Organizations Units of the IRS and her top aide, Holly Paz, unsealed after four years, revealed that there wasn’t sufficient legal basis to deny the conservative targeted group’s tax-exempt status. In doing so, however, they suppressed the entire Tea Party movement from threatening Obama’s reelection.
A series of e-mails between Lerner and subordinates exposed her effort to deny Tea Party organizations tax exempt status and cover-up how the Obama IRS intentionally suppressed them during the 2012 presidential campaign.
Reviewing my archives for my commentaries on Lerner, much of it chronicled in op-eds I wrote prior to initiating this blog in 2014, I noted how she was supported by then Attorney General Eric Holder and permitted to retire with full federal benefits in September 2013.
In 2017, the Justice Department under AG Jeff Sessions settled the lawsuit brought by Tea Party plaintiffs for $3.5 million, citing the abuse of power by the IRS. Despite the admission of wrongdoing, the Obama IRS scandal resulted in no criminal charges.
While I continue to be disappointed in the measure of accountability attributed to the Obama administration in this scandal, as a member of Judicial Watch, I appreciate its dogged efforts in this and other cover-ups.
May God continue to bless the United States of America
