Commentary

IRS, Immigration Scandals Are Destroying the Obama Administration’s Credibility

By Ashton Ellis
Thursday, July 24 2014

With the IRS scandal and immigration crisis revealing new depths of duplicity in the highest levels of the Obama administration, a pattern of deception is emerging that is lethal to the credibility of government leaders. Earlier this week, investigators working for the House of Representatives publicized interviews with IRS IT experts that directly contradict the agency’s official line that potentially incriminating emails sent by former manager Lois Lerner were unrecoverable. Since May 2013, when she admitted directing IRS staff to use search times like “tea party” to target…

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