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House committee to hold hearings on whether to impeach IRS chief

CNN: Washington (CNN)The House Judiciary Committee will hold two hearings next week to examine alleged misconduct by Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen stemming from the investigation into whether the IRS improperly targeted tea party and other conservative groups.

Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan said Friday that House Republicans are considering impeaching 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," Jordan said in a statement. "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."

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