John Koskinen on HotAir

John Koskinen

Oct 2019

Sounds … familiar: IRS whistleblower claims potential interference in Trump or Pence audit

Ed Morrissey Oct 04, 2019 4:01 PM

The WaPo expert on IRS ethics is … YGBFKM.

Oct 2017

US to Equifax: Travesty! Also, here’s a fat new no-bid contract for you

Ed Morrissey Oct 04, 2017 10:01 AM

Shocked, shocked.

Aug 2017

Judge to IRS: Start naming names

Ed Morrissey Aug 19, 2017 4:01 PM

“Why hide the ball?”

Mar 2017

IRS: Say, we still have 7,000 unreleased docs about targeting conservatives

Ed Morrissey Mar 09, 2017 10:01 AM

Time to boot Koskinen?

Sep 2016

The IRS chief’s meeting with the Judiciary Committee didn’t go particularly well

Jazz Shaw Sep 22, 2016 12:01 PM

That may be the understatement of the season

Jun 2016

House Oversight Committee votes to censor IRS Commissioner

John Sexton Jun 15, 2016 5:01 PM

“censure is a first step…”

May 2016

Tossing Koskinen? House to consider impeaching IRS chief

Ed Morrissey May 13, 2016 4:41 PM

Ryan on board?

Mar 2016

IRS and EPA honchos receive public service awards. No… seriously.

Jazz Shaw Mar 03, 2016 10:01 AM

Not from the Onion

Jul 2015

Judge to IRS attorneys: I’m about to charge Koskinen personally with contempt

Ed Morrissey Jul 30, 2015 6:01 PM

“Officers of the Court who fail to comply with Court orders will be held in contempt.”

Video: House Oversight wants Koskinen fired … or impeached

Ed Morrissey Jul 27, 2015 8:41 PM

Futility.

Jun 2015

Video: Time to impeach the IRS Commissioner?

Ed Morrissey Jun 26, 2015 2:41 PM

Right idea … wrong target.

TIGTA: Lerner hard-drive crash likely due to “an impact of some sort”

Ed Morrissey Jun 25, 2015 6:01 PM

Scoring.

May 2015

Good news: IRS says hackers stole tax info on 100K Americans

Mary Katharine Ham May 26, 2015 9:31 PM

Trust.

Feb 2015

Treasury IG: New Lerner e-mails shows “potential criminal activity”

Ed Morrissey Feb 27, 2015 10:01 AM

Smidgens.

Jul 2014

IRS IT officials testify in court that Lois Lerner’s emails may still exist

Noah Rothman Jul 25, 2014 9:21 AM

A new wrinkle.

IRS: Hey, maybe we do have our e-mail backups

Ed Morrissey Jul 22, 2014 8:01 AM

Cummings: Leave John Koskinen alone!

Lois Lerner’s attorney backtracks: Okay, maybe she printed out ‘some’ emails

Noah Rothman Jul 09, 2014 4:41 PM

Contradictions.

Jun 2014

Great news! IRS commissioner says you can now use the Lois Lerner excuse if audited

Noah Rothman Jun 27, 2014 4:01 PM

Sure thing.

IRS spent $4.4 billion on IT over past five years

Ed Morrissey Jun 27, 2014 2:01 PM

“Declining budget resources”?

LA Times: We need an independent investigator for the IRS

Ed Morrissey Jun 25, 2014 12:01 PM

Pressure.

McCaskill: Say, that IRS commissioner sure is arrogant, huh?

Ed Morrissey Jun 24, 2014 2:01 PM

Obvious.

Guess how the press reacted to IRS’s commissioner’s implausible testimony

Noah Rothman Jun 24, 2014 10:41 AM

Nothing to see here.

Videos: John Koskinen and the no good, very bad, horrible day evening

Ed Morrissey Jun 24, 2014 8:41 AM

Ignorance is no defense.

IRS canceled e-mail back-up service – weeks after Lerner hard drive crash

Ed Morrissey Jun 23, 2014 9:21 AM

The slow fan-dance of transparency continues.

White House: IRS probe one of many Republican ‘conspiracy theories’

Noah Rothman Jun 20, 2014 6:41 PM

“Because there was a — the computer crashed.”

IRS commissioner tells Congress the agency owes no apologies

Ed Morrissey Jun 20, 2014 2:01 PM

Arrogance.

White House notified of missing IRS e-mail 6 weeks before Congress?

Ed Morrissey Jun 20, 2014 12:41 PM

Plus, Koskinen defense raises questions about Wilkins’ White House visit.

Videos: Paul Ryan, Kevin Brady expose holes in the IRS’s story

Noah Rothman Jun 20, 2014 12:01 PM

The plot thickens.

IRS commissioner: You know, e-mail isn’t necessarily an “official record”; Update: IRS Manual says it is

Ed Morrissey Jun 20, 2014 9:21 AM

Plus, Issa calls White House attorney to the carpet on Monday.

Issa subpoenas IRS commissioner over missing Lerner e-mails

Ed Morrissey Jun 17, 2014 2:41 PM

Missing.

No one buying claim that Lois Lerner’s IRS emails were lost

Noah Rothman Jun 16, 2014 1:21 PM

“Do you believe in Santa Clause?”