House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif), a big critic of Attorney Gen. Eric Holder, and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), are lashing out at the Justice Department, criticizing it over its investigation into the IRS treatment of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.
The two are questioning the Justice Department’s assignment of Barbara Bosserman, a Justice Department trial attorney, who is heading the probe into the IRS. The two say she donated at least $6,750 to President Obama’s election campaigns and the Democratic National Committee in the past several years.
“By selecting a significant donor to President Obama to lead an investigation into the inappropriate targeting of conservative groups, the Department has created a startling conflict of interest,” they wrote in a letter to Attorney Gen. Eric Holder.
“It is unbelievable that the Department would choose such an individual to examine the federal government’s systematic targeting and harassment of organizations opposed to the President’s policies,” the letter continues. “At the very least, Ms. Bosserman’s involvement is highly inappropriate and has compromised the Administration’s investigation of the IRS.”
Read the letter in full.
