...I asked Davis if he meant a special prosecutor should be appointed and he argued that a special counsel reporting to the attorney general would be sufficient. “Yes, there ought to be another look at this by somebody that President Obama chooses to appoint who’s independent,” Davis explained, “or at least the Republicans would see as independent.”
I can't stand this guy. He's always been an unctuous Clinton toady. When Bill was loudly denying his affair with Monica, Lanny was all over the place proclaiming that "the President has spoken and I believe him", or words to that effect.
Now this means one of two things: Davis knew the truth and was lying to the American people; or, he believed Clinton which makes him both a fool and a patsy. In either case to my knowledge he has never apologized for the untruths he willingly spread; nor, as noted above, has he ever repudiated the Clintons for the way they used him.
I also recall at the time how everyone was congratulating Lanny on the birth of his new daughter. I always wanted to ask him how he was going to explain to her someday how he had so willingly lied to the nation, or had been shamelessly used like a two bit whore by Bill Clinton.
"It's inexcusable, and Americans are right to be angry about it, and I am angry about it. I will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency, but especially in the IRS, given the power that it has and the reach that it has into all of our lives. ... I'll do everything in my power to make sure nothing like this happens again by holding the responsible parties accountable. ..." -- President Barack Obama condemning "misconduct" at the Internal Revenue Service, May 15, 2013.