Jordan Statement on Judiciary Committee Hearings on IRS Commissioner Koskinen

Statement

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) made the following comments regarding the Judiciary Committee's announcement today that it would hold two full committee hearings to examine Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen's misconduct:

"I applaud Chairman Goodlatte's decision to hold hearings on the resolution for impeachment of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. Commissioner Koskinen failed to fulfill his duty to the American people by allowing back-up tapes containing potentially 24,000 emails to be destroyed. He failed to inform Congress about the destruction of these back-up tapes in a timely manner. He gave false testimony before Congress regarding the back-up tapes, and then refused to correct the record when given the opportunity.

"Alexander Hamilton wrote in the Federalist papers that impeachment should be used to protect the public against "the abuse or violation of some public trust.' Commissioner Koskinen has most assuredly violated the public trust. It's time for him to go. A hearing is the right first step, but ultimately Congress should hold a vote on impeachment."

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