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Shocking.

Lois Lerner's FEC associate, April Sands, had her hard drive 'recycled' too...



If you think Lois Lerner is the only disgraced government employee to purposely destroy lose all their email correspondence, think again. Over at the Federal Election Commission a woman named April Sands is in hot water due to violations of the Hatch Act. The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan political activities (such as Democrat campaigns) while they're in federal buildings using federal equipment. This is especially troubling for someone like Sands, because she was an FEC enforcement attorney - meaning she was responsible for enforcing election law in a non-partisan manner.
Sands is a black female, a staunch supporter of Barack Obama, and it just so happens that she used to work with Lois Lerner. Oh, and her hard drives have been similarly "recycled." While still at the FEC, she would regularly take to Twitter and post racist ramblings like:
"I just don't understand how anyone but straight white men can vote Republican. What kind of delusional rhetorical [sic] does one use?" "Dear every single Republican ever, When will U learn that Barack Hussein Obama is simply smarter than U? Stand down, Signed #Obama2012 #p2," "Our #POTUS's birthday is August 4. He'll be 51. I'm donating $51 to give him the best birthday present ever: a second term,"

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....And, as the Daily Caller points out, this was usually done on taxpayer time and taxpayer computers. She was also participating in Democrat-centric webcam chats from FEC headquarters and that attracted the attention of Darrel Issa's House Oversight Committee. They demanded her data, only to be told that the hard drives were no more. Again from the Daily Caller:
The Federal Election Commission recycled the computer hard drive of April Sands -- a former co-worker of Lois Lerner's -- hindering an investigation into Sands' partisan political activities, according to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Sands resigned from the Federal Election Commission in April after she admitted to violating the Hatch Act, which bars executive branch employees from engaging in partisan political activities on federal time and at federal facilities. The twist is that Sands also worked under Lois Lerner when the ex-IRS agent -- who is currently embroiled in a scandal over the targeting of conservative political groups -- worked at the FEC's enforcement division.
Issa has fired off a letter to FEC chairman Lee Goodman, claiming that "The bias in these messages is striking, especially for an attorney charged with the responsibility to enforce federal election laws fairly and dispassionately." The letter also claims that criminal charges would have been pursued but, without the evidence contained on the hard drives, the investigation is at a stand still. Issa is demanding the following:


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