"The FBI says it won't prosecute anyone at the IRS for its admitted targeting of the president's political foes," write the editors of Investor's Business Daily in a scathing editorial. "This just as the agency claims the law is no longer its main mission. So it's a political goon squad now."
According to a leak to the Wall Street Journal, the Federal Bureau of Investigation "didn't find the kind of political bias or 'enemy hunting' that would amount to a violation of criminal law." And so, nobody was likely to be prosecuted for the most blatant politicization of a federal agency within memory.Per Wall Street Journal reports, none of the several dozen IRS-targeted victim-clients of either Cleta Mitchell, a Washington DC attorney, or The American Center for Law and Justice has ever been interviewed by the FBI during its IRS investigation.
IBD editors conclude:
That the FBI won't get involved in this and is willing to wreck its reputation for apolitical probity suggests this investigation is leading to a place the bureau would rather not go — namely, the White House. [snip]
As for the FBI, its fall is even more disturbing. It was once was known for its squeaky clean image and willingness to enforce the law without fear or favor.
Today, it's slid so far into the Washington morass it no longer considers law enforcement its prime mission. About a week ago, it quite questionably declared its top mission "national security" — an abrogation of its congressionally mandated mission.
As such, can the public now trust the FBI or the IRS?
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