Judicial Watch revealed today that Lois Lerner’s fabled “missing e-mails” may still exist on a government backup system.
Via Judicial Watch:
Department of Justice attorneys for the Internal Revenue Service told Judicial Watch on Friday that Lois Lerner’s emails, indeed all government computer records, are backed up by the federal government in case of a government-wide catastrophe. The Obama administration attorneys said that this back-up system would be too onerous to search. The DOJ attorneys also acknowledged that the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) is investigating this back-up system.We obviously disagree that disclosing the emails as required would be onerous, and plan to raise this new development with Judge Sullivan.This is a jaw-dropping revelation. The Obama administration had been lying to the American people about Lois Lerner’s missing emails. There are no “missing” Lois Lerner emails – nor missing emails of any of the other top IRS or other government officials whose emails seem to be disappearing at increasingly alarming rate. All the focus on missing hard drives has been a diversion. The Obama administration has known all along where the email records could be – but dishonestly withheld this information. You can bet we are going to ask the court for immediate assistance in cutting through this massive obstruction of justice.
In an interview with Fox News, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton laid out his plan to make sure that the government is forced to reveal anything that is backed up via this system.
Earlier this month a federal judge ordered a special inquiry after IRS officials provided insufficient explanations as to the reasons behind the missing e-mails. Now, Judicial Watch is working via mediation sessions with a magistrate judge to make sure that the federal government complies both with discovery requests, and a longstanding FOIA request filed on behalf of Legal Insurrection by Judicial watch.
The results of this investigation could affect not only the investigation into the IRS, but also investigations into last year’s disastrous Obamacare rollout.
[Note: Judicial Watch represents Legal Insurrection in our attempt to obtain documents from the District of Columbia regarding the non-prosecution of David Gregory for a clear gun law violation.]
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