Reuters: Politics: House speaker suggests jail time for violations in IRS scandal

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House speaker suggests jail time for violations in IRS scandal May 15th 2013, 15:14 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News McConnell tells Obama 'no more stonewalling' in IRS scandal Tue, May 14 2013 U.S. attorney general says he didn't make AP phone records decision Tue, May 14 2013 FBI to probe U.S. tax agency's actions on conservative groups Tue, May 14 2013 Senior tax officials knew of extra Tea Party scrutiny Mon, May 13 2013 IRS kept shifting targets in tax-exempt groups scrutiny: report Mon, May 13 2013 Analysis & Opinion Essential reading: Uneven IRS scrutiny, and more House Speaker John Boehner holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington March 21, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Gary Cameron WASHINGTON | Wed May 15, 2013 11:14am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner raised the possibility of jail time on Wednesday for law violations in the growing scandal involving the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny. "My question isn't about who is going to have to resign, my question is who is going to jail over this scandal," Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, told reporters. The Justice Department on Tuesday began a criminal investigation, while a number of congressional Republicans called for the resignation of the acting IRS commissioner, Steven Miller. Boehner said "there are laws in place to prevent this type of abuse," referring to the IRS giving extra scrutiny to requests for tax-exempt status by Tea Party movement groups and other conservative groups. "Someone made a conscious decision to harass and hold up these requests," Boehner said. "We need to know who they are, whether they violated the law. Clearly, someone violated the law," Boehner said. (Reporting by Thomas Ferraro; Editing by Vicki Allen) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (1) Lol! yeah, right. Jail time for anyone in Washington. Just as soon as the congress men and women demonstrate leadership themselves with some volunteer jail time for everything they've gotten away with. Ha! We are more likely to see more vacation time for all those involved. Just sayin'. May 15, 2013 11:13am EDT  --  Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment

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