Isakson Denounces Obama’s Nominee for Treasury Secretary

Jan 26, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today issued a statement denouncing Timothy Geithner for Secretary of the Treasury based on his failure to pay personal taxes. Isakson voted against Geithner’s nomination.

“Timothy Geithner is a talented and able man. However, that fact does not outweigh the fact that Mr. Geithner failed to pay payroll taxes on two years income at the IMF, even after the IRS audited his returns for the two succeeding years and discovered his failure to pay. It was only days before his nomination that he came forward to pay the other two years. That was more than a mistake for someone nominated to oversee the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service. I cannot support his nomination.”