Issa accuses IRS of obstruction, warns of consequences
By Alan Silverleib, CNN Congressional Producer
updated 7:27 PM EDT, Tue July 30, 2013
Washington (CNN) — The Republican congressman spearheading a House probe of alleged Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative political groups accused the head of the IRS on Tuesday of obstructing his panel’s investigation.
California GOP Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, warned acting IRS chief Daniel Werfel that if “the IRS continues to hinder the committee’s investigation in any manner, the committee will be forced to consider use of compulsory process.”
Issa did not elaborate on exactly what steps his panel’s Republican majority may be prepared to take, though he noted that impeding congressional investigators could result in a prison term of up to five years.
“Obstructing a congressional investigation is a crime,” Issa stressed in a letter co-signed by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/30/politics/issa-irs-scandal/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
