Up to 30,000 missing emails sent by former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner have been recovered by the IRS inspector general, five months after they were deemed lost forever. The U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) informed congressional staffers from several committees on Friday that the emails were found among hundreds of “disaster recovery tapes” that were used to back up the IRS email system. “They just said it took them several weeks and some forensic effort to get these emails off these tapes,” a congressional aide told the Washington Examiner. RELATED: Tea Party lawyer hails GOP election victories as boon to IRS scandal probe Committees in the House and Senate are seeking the emails, which they believe could show Lerner was working in concert with Obama administration officials to target conservative and Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status before the 2012 presidential election. Sign Up for the Politics Today newsletter! MORE STORIES HHS releases proposed Obamacare rule changes BY JUSTIN GREEN | 11/21/14 5:54 PM The Obama administration just released a list of proposed rule changes to Obamacare. Obama mocks GOP critics of his immigration action BY BRIAN HUGHES | 11/21/14 4:56 PM Obama told the Las Vegas crowd that he would not sit idly by, with the GOP unwilling to commit to a plan. Norquist: GOP must get rid of CBOs Elmendorf BY JOSEPH LAWLER | 11/21/14 3:11 PM There is no doubt that he is a career Man of the Left, Norquist wrote in a letter to GOP leadership. Bill would lift ban on VA doctors advising patients on medical marijuana BY KELLY COHEN | 11/21/14 2:14 PM A new bill would make it easier for veterans to get information on medical marijuana. Arizona Sheriff Arpaio sues over Obamas immigration order BY SEAN LENGELL | 11/21/14 2:13 PM The lawsuit names Obama, DHS Jeh Johnson, AG Eric Holder and USCIS Director Leon Rodriguez as defendants. WEX TV 30,000 missing emails from IRS Lerner recovered 30,000 missing emails from IRS Lerner recovered Weekly Examiner: Immigration takes center stage Weekly Examiner: Immigration takes center stage Obama v. Obama: Immigration Executive Action Obama v. Obama: Immigration Executive Action Boehner responds to Obamas immigration actions Boehner responds to Obamas immigration actions The missing emails extend from 2009 to 2011, a period when Lerner headed the IRS’s exempt-organizations division. The emails were lost when Lerner’s computer crashed, IRS officials said earlier this year.
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