Posted on 05/28/2013 5:29:23 PM PDT by Starman417
Former head of the IRS Douglas Shulman made a multitude of visits to the White House during his tenure
Top IRS officials, whose agency was under investigation for targeting conservative groups, visited the Obama White House more than 100 times over two years while the probe was going on, far more often than in previous administrations and frequently enough that Republicans suspect White House officials knew about the targeting.Lawmakers now investigating the Internal Revenue Service practice zeroed in on those nearly weekly White House meetings to determine whether an IRS official — or someone higher up in the administration — had approved the targeting and whether it was politically motivated.
The frequency of visit casts more doubt on the Obama regime's claim of non-interference with the IRS
The frequent meetings also raised questions about the White House's claims that it couldn't have instigated the targeting of conservative groups because it took a hands-off approach to the tax agency, going so far as to describe it as independent of the administration even though it's part of the Treasury Department.
The number of visits was unprecedented:
The frequent trips to the White House under Obama far outnumbered the times other administrations felt the need to meet with the IRS, according to Mark Everson, who led the IRS under former President George W. Bush. Everson said he remembers making only one trip to the White House between 2003 and 2007 and said he felt like he'd "moved to Siberia" because of the isolation."I fear the IRS is on a slippery slope as regards its traditional independence due to being so intertwined with a major domestic policy initiative like health care reform," Everson said.
And why did he visit so often?
He can't remember.
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
...and this guy is a so called “public servant”. Sounds like he is only serving the Obama administration.
The Easter eggs were hid real good.
I thought the boy went there to pick up a few “Easter eggs”. *Wink!* *Wink!*
Must have been eating hillary’s cookies.
Must have been eating hillary’s cookies.
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Or Barack’s nuts?
I thought he said he went for the Easter egg roll...
“Or Barack’s nuts?”
Tes, I believe he is.
Seriously, what kind of executive has meetings with their much higher superior and doesn't have copious notes with or without multiple secretaries?
Or why are we paying all these “assistants” to these executives if they can't even keep the filing cabinets in order? The largest staffs in history!
< /sarc>
Pfl
I though JFK had the taping system installed and that it’d since been removed (under Clinton?).
Its always important to go ask the Gimmie-crats for Easter Eggs — wink-wink, nudge-nudge.
or servicing 0bama
Doesn't matter if he's got Alzheimers. Somebody who visits the WH has notes about who he's visiting, and for what, on his appointment calendar. He's going to take notes. Don't expect us to believe he was just invited over for the weekly WH poker game.
A hundred and eighteen reasons all different so he couldn’t remember each one. Or the same thing that many times.
The story: went there to discuss implementing Obamacare.
You peons wouldn’t understand. This is what elite Ivy Leaguers do. Go back to your bitter, clingy lives... Move along... nothing to see here... /s
Starman the answer is simple. He was visiting the White House General Counsul Bob Bauer.
Yep! I hope that the GOP can tie this goon back to Shulman who visited the White House 122 times but couldn’t remember anything.
Read more about Bauer below.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-bauer/gIQAgz4w6O_topic.html
Outgoing White House Counsel (December 2009 to June 2011)
Why He Matters
Bauer is one of the nation’s pre-eminent experts on election and campaign finance law, and his views are enormously influential with Democrats.
Married to Anita Dunn.
Another article:
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/11/28/democratic-lawyerobama-advisor-bob-bauer-to-teach-at-nyu/
Bauer is returning to New York University Law School this spring to teach a seminar on political reform.
The course will encompass campaign finance, lobbying laws, voting rights and more—topics Mr. Bauer has had ample exposure to during his 30 years of practice as a lawyer, which include stints working for political campaigns and the Democratic National Committee.
It gets better.
Read the end of this paragraph.
During his time on the campaign trail, Mr. Bauer led challenges to new voter laws backed by Republicans—including suing the state of Ohio in July—and lobbied the Federal Election Commission to allow individuals to text in donations (as did his Romney counterpart). Mr. Bauer also sought to compel the well-funded Republican advocacy group Crossroads GPS to disclose the names of its donors, citing millions of dollars the group has spent on campaign ads attacking Democrats.
This is the guy who pulled the chains with the IRS on behalf of the White House.
You can’t make this stuff up. On May 21, 2013 Obama appointed Bob Bauer to A FEC Presidential Commission on Election Administration.
LOOKING TO STEAL MORE VOTES IN THE FUTURE.
Commission to identify practical, real-world solutions to long voter lines, access to polls.
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Presidential Commission on Election Administration was officially launched today, following President Barack Obama ‘s State of the Union pledge to identify non-partisan ways to shorten lines at polling places, promote the efficient conduct of elections, and provide better access to the polls for all voters.
The 10-member Commission will submit a final report to the President within six months of its first public meeting, which is expected to be held in Washington in June. Headed by Co-Chairs Bob Bauer and Ben Ginsberg , the Commissioners are experts in election administration, policy and procedures, or leaders from customer service-oriented businesses and industry.
“The President’s expectation is clear,” said Co-Chair Bob Bauer , who served President Obama as White House counsel from December 2009 until 2011, and as General Counsel to the President’s re-election committee and to the Democratic National Committee. “The Commission is charged with developing recommendations based on the best information available for administrative practices that afford voters the opportunity to cast ballots without undue delay and improve their overall experience.”
” The Commission was created by Executive Order 13644, Establishment of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration. Commissioners were appointed by the President.:
Robert F. Bauer , Co-Chair and Member – Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Another Obama Executive order.
IMO Holder and the Obamamation up to their armpits in the scandal.
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