U.S. Archivist: IRS 'Did Not Follow The Law' On Lerner Emails
US Goyim -- and similar type life-forms all throughout America -- are wondering if there is anything They can do to help the IRS out of this jam; "maybe bake some cookies, or sell some lemonade, and donate the proceeds to the agency to help them out in this time of great uncertainty".
If the IRS goes under because of this, the government will need to reassure the American people that while their favorite government agency has had a bit of a set back -- it is only temporary -- and that a new, and improved version of the old IRS will be the result of this unfortunate mishap, and misunderstanding.
The American people are very anxious right now concerning the IRS, and are understandably uneasy over the thought of not being able to file their yearly returns -- pay their fair share -- or the possible interruption of something so vital to their normal routine.
U.S. Archivist David Ferriero of the National Archives and Records Administration told Rep. Tim Walberg (R., Mich.) that the IRS “did not follow the law” when they failed to notify his administration that they had lost Lois Lerner’s email records.
Ferriero testified that all agencies are required to notify the Archives of unauthorized destruction of federal records.
At first Ferriero, questioned by Walberg, avoided directly saying that the IRS broke the law.
“Is it fair to say that the IRS broke the Federal Records Act?” Walberg asked.
“I’m not a lawyer,” Ferriero hedged.
“But you administer the Federal Records Act?” Walberg pressed. “If they didn’t follow it, can we safely assume they broke the law?”
“They did not follow the law,” Ferriero confirmed.
Transcript of the full exchange:
WALBERG: In your testimony you state that when agencies become aware of unauthorized destruction of federal records, that they are required to report the incidents to the Archives. At any time in 2011, through last Monday, did the IRS report any loss of records related to Lois Lerner?
FERRIERO: No.
WALBERG: Is it fair to say that the IRS broke the Federal Records Act?
FERRIERO: Any agency is required to notify us when they realize they have a problem that could be destruction or unauthorized disposal–
WALBERG: But they didn’t do that.
FERRIERO: That’s right.
WALBERG: Did they break the law?
FERRIERO: I’m not a lawyer.
WALBERG: But you administer the Federal Records Act?
FERRIERO: I do.
WALBERG: If they didn’t follow it, can we safely assume they broke the law?
FERRIERO: They did not follow the law.