Roskam: Why Did You Tell the ABA About IRS Scandal Before Congress?

Breitbart ^ | 5/17/13 | Joel B. Pollack

[Nachum]

Former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steven Miller, who only took over in November and resigned this week at President Barack Obama's behest, will testify before the House Ways and Means Committee Friday on his role in targeting Tea Party and conservative groups for audit or excessive review.

Miller was the first senior IRS official to be disciplined in the scandal, though the problems began before he took over the IRS, and other senior officials were aware of the problem and appear to have misled Congress.

Though Miller's resignation was reported as a decisive step by the president, his term had been due to expire in early June. Joseph Grant, had been appointed only several days before as Acting Commissioner of the IRS's tax exempt and government entities division, has also resigned.

Other current and former IRS and Treasury officials have yet to be held accountable, including Lois Lerner, who first acknowledged the scandal on May 10, and former IRS Douglas Shulman, who told Congress in 2012 that Tea Party groups were not being targeted.

[Nachum]

Ongoing drama

[Noamie]

This ‘he only took over in November’ is misleading.

Intentionally.

So... what did he do at the IRS right before this? He worked at the IRS, in the 501(c) section(s).

[Servant of the Cross]

Why Did You Tell the ABA About IRS Scandal Before Congress?

Lie No. 1: Lois Lerner’s apology last Friday was a spontaneous reaction to an unexpected question from an unknown audience member. In fact, the question came from tax lawyer and lobbyist Celia Roady. Ms. Roady has some interesting career highlights: She was part of the 1997 ethics investigation of Newt Gingrich, but, more to the point, she was appointed to the IRS’s Advisory Council on Tax-Exempt and Government Entities by IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman. She is a longtime colleague of Lerner, who is director of tax-exempt organizations. Ms. Roady has declined to comment on whether her question was planted, but it obviously was. The IRS had contacted reporters and encouraged them beforehand to attend the otherwise un-newsworthy event, and it had an entire team of press handlers on hand. So what we have is the staged rollout of what turns out to be — given the rest of this list — a disinformation campaign.

[BerryDingle]

Acting Commissioner Steven Miller, who only took over in November and resigned this week at President Barack Obama's behest,

Amazing that Zippy didn't realize his testicles are resting in someones fist besides Hillary's.

[spawn44]

This patsy being put on the job in November is in itself ANOTHER SCANDAL for the REGIME.

[DeWalt]

Resigned my butt. He was retiring any ways. I think the one at Treasury that we should haul back in is little Timmy. It was from Husseins mouth
to his ears that began this. Charge him criminally.