Flashback: The Dog Also Ate The EPA’s E-mails Back In 2001(+video)

Photo Credit: IJ Review By Kevin Boyd.

With the IRS email controversy in the news, this is as good a time as any to remind our readers that the IRS isn’t the only government agency that has deleted lost e-mails.

Back when the Bill Clinton administration was leaving town in 2001, some emails that the Landmark Legal Foundation was seeking from the EPA magically disappeared.

Sheryl Attkisson takes us down memory lane:

According to an Associated Press report, a federal judge has held the EPA in contempt for destroying computer files sought after by a conservative group: Landmark Legal Foundation. […]

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Trey Gowdy Goes Off on IRS Commish for Claiming No Criminal Actions at IRS: ‘You Don’t Even Know What Statutes Are at Play’

By Pete Kasperowicz.

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) late Monday criticized IRS Commissioner John Koskinen for claiming there’s no evidence of criminal misconduct at the IRS over the targeting scandal, even though he hasn’t bothered to examine the criminal code.

“You have already said multiple times today that there was no evidence that you found of any criminal wrongdoing,” Gowdy said. “I want you to tell me what criminal statutes you’ve evaluated.”

“I have not looked at any,” Koskinen replied.

“Well then how can you possibly tell our fellow citizens that there’s not criminal wrongdoing if you don’t even know what statutes to look at?” Gowdy shot back.

Koskinen said several times that he’s seen no evidence that anyone consciously acted inappropriately, but Gowdy said that’s not the same as trying to examine whether a crime was committed.

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