July 18, 201313 yr IRS official testifies that political appointee's office involved in Tea Party screening | Fox News Hull specifically said he was told to forward documents to an adviser for embattled IRS official Lois Lerner -- who first revealed the targeting of Tea Party groups and has since refused to answer lawmakers' questions. But Hull said he was then told to send documents to the Office of Chief Counsel for their review -- which is led by political appointee William Wilkins.
July 18, 201313 yr The same guy was quoted as saying that he does not believe that the cases that were being given extra scrutiny were done so for any other reason than consistency and had further details to be reviewed. Rep Issa who led the charge said it was a "political enemies" hit list. Not true. The problem is, why would they give extra scrutiny to any organzation? Any way you look at it or others try to spin it to protect what was really going on, the bottomline is the IRS was doing inproper things by delaying, or extra scrutinizing in any manner.
July 18, 201313 yr WOW! This is now getting headlines on BGP? I know I have said in one of the original threads, and others may have too, that the person behind it was a conservative Republican, who went to his supervisors or whatever and asked how much can these groups be politically active and have non-profit status. The guy was doing his job, if he didn't, then people would be complaining that he let groups slide as he was a conservative Republican.
July 19, 201313 yr WOW! This is now getting headlines on BGP? I know I have said in one of the original threads, and others may have too, that the person behind it was a conservative Republican, who went to his supervisors or whatever and asked how much can these groups be politically active and have non-profit status. The guy was doing his job, if he didn't, then people would be complaining that he let groups slide as he was a conservative Republican. So the blatant lies and cover-ups that keep rising in levels mean nothing? The two rogue agents story has failed. Yet it was repeated over and over. IRS: Two 'Rogue' Agents Responsible For 'Overly Agressive' Reviews | TPM LiveWire
July 19, 201313 yr Now the dems are attacking the IG. I'm really starting to wonder how high up this goes. Watchdog decries ?unprecedented? treatment by Dems at IRS hearing | Fox News
July 19, 201313 yr WOW! This is now getting headlines on BGP? I know I have said in one of the original threads, and others may have too, that the person behind it was a conservative Republican, who went to his supervisors or whatever and asked how much can these groups be politically active and have non-profit status. The guy was doing his job, if he didn't, then people would be complaining that he let groups slide as he was a conservative Republican. I think you're a little behind the times on the news. Way beyond one person.
July 19, 201313 yr Now the dems are attacking the IG. I'm really starting to wonder how high up this goes. Watchdog decries ?unprecedented? treatment by Dems at IRS hearing | Fox News
July 19, 201313 yr This is really, really important testimony. It is from one of the 2 'rogue' agents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKFAVoSOZPw BTW, these hearings were not broadcast on C-SPAN. The first of these hearings not broadcast live.
July 22, 201313 yr More interesting info on who was visiting the President right before new targeting criteria. Embattled IRS chief counsel met with Obama 2 days before agency changed targeting criteria | The Daily Caller
July 23, 201313 yr More interesting info on who was visiting the President right before new targeting criteria. Embattled IRS chief counsel met with Obama 2 days before agency changed targeting criteria | The Daily Caller Visiting for around 7 hours total. IRS chief counsel met with Obama two days before issuing new BOLO « Hot Air William Wilkins came to the White House on April 23, 2012 at 3:54 in the afternoon and departed shortly after 11 pm that evening.
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