Republicans on the House Oversight Committee introduced a resolution to impeach the head of the IRS, John Koskinen. Koskinen was appointed to lead the IRS after an official was accused of targeting conservative groups applying for non-profit status.

The Department of Justice announced last week that it had completed an investigation into the matter and that no charges would be filed.

The GOP members accused Koskinen of not complying with the investigation.

"Commissioner Koskinen violated the public trust. He failed to comply with a congressionally issued subpoena, documents were destroyed on his watch, and the public was consistently misled," House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said. "Impeachment is the appropriate tool to restore public confidence in the IRS and to protect the institutional interests of Congress."

Chaffetz and the Repub;icans on the committee said that Koskinen destroyed back up emails from Lois Lerner, gave false testimony to the committee and did not tell investigators that Lerner's emails were unavailable.

"Unfortunately this was earned. The IRS commissioner provided false testimony and he destroyed documents that were under subpoena," Chaffetz said on Capitol Hill Tuesday. "If you did that to the IRS, what would they do to you? It's unfortunate to have to get to this point. But its appropriate and necessary."

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) the ranking Democrat on the committee released a statement criticizing the impeachment move.

"This ridiculous resolution will demonstrate nothing but the Republican obsession with diving into investigative rabbit holes that waste tens of millions of taxpayer dollars while having absolutely no positive impact on a single American," he said in a statement. "Calling this resolution a 'stunt' or a 'joke' would be insulting to stunts and jokes."