GOP outraged after Trump refuses to consider Lois Lerner prosecution

Published September 8, 2017 6:38pm ET



The Department of Justice told members of Congress Friday that it wouldn’t reconsider the question of whether to prosecute former IRS official Lois Lerner for her role in the tax agency’s targeting of conservative groups, eliciting criticism from House Republicans.

After being asked by Republicans in April to take a “fresh look” at the case against Lerner, the Trump administration responded Friday that it had reviewed the case and decided against it.

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