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Paul Ryan Goes Off on IRS Commissioner over Emails lost

Paul Ryan grills IRS exec over lost emails 'Nobody Believes You': Ryan Blasts IRS Head Over Lost Emails. (Fox News Insider) Some fireworks on Capitol Hill this morning as furious Republicans are calling out IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. Lawmakers are outraged after learning a week ago that many of former IRS official Lois Lerner's emails from a two-year period supposedly have disappeared. New claims have surfaced that Lerner's hard drive was destroyed and emails from several other officials also have gone missing. Koskinen got the hearing off to a contentious start (video below) by telling House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) that he doesn't feel an apology is owed for the lost emails. Camp had challenged Koskinen about why he did not apologize in his opening statement. Later, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) went off on Koskinen, telling him simply "nobody believes you." He called out Koskinen for "burying" the disclosure about Lerne...