Posted on 05/15/2013 3:42:10 PM PDT by freedumb2003
Edited on 05/15/2013 5:28:09 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
President Obama announced Wednesday that acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller has resigned in the wake of the agency scandal in which conservative groups were targeted.
The president made the announcement in a brief statement at the White House, following a meeting with Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and other top department officials in which they reviewed a highly critical inspector general’s report on the practice. The report concluded poor management allowed agents to improperly target Tea Party and other groups for more than 18 months, starting in 2010.
Obama said Lew asked for the resignation and Miller agreed, after being on the job since November 2012.
“Americans have a right to be angry about it, and I’m angry about it,” Obama said from the White House.
Republicans, who along with Democrats have slammed the IRS for the practice, welcomed the resignation Wednesday but made clear they would continue to investigate and press for accountability.
Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., said the resignation "is a necessary first step but more heads need to roll."
Miller’s resignation was part of three-step plan Obama outlined to fix the problem.
The other steps are to put in place the safeguards recommended in the IG report and to work with Congress as it investigates.
“The good news is we can fix this,” Obama said.
Miller became acting commissioner after Commissioner Douglas Shulman completed his five-year term. Shulman had been appointed by President George W. Bush.
The president has proceeded cautiously since the IRS controversy was made public Friday. While he initially said the accusations were "outrageous," he also said he wanted to wait until the report was released before addressing what should be done to hold accountable those responsible.
Excerpt, read more at FoxNews/AP
Resignation is a step.
Imprisonment is also REQUIRED.
So now he won’t have to testify Friday. Convenient.
Another one under the bus!
And another goes down
And another goes down
Another one under the bus!
Hey!
Obozo’s got you!
Another one under the bus!
I’m sure he did request to resign, for the most honourable of reasons.
More likely that he was threatened with jailtime, if he didn’t resign.
It also means that there is something big to still come.
Oh, Valerie must’ve been in the loo. Can you repeat that?
Miller said the two ‘rogue’ agents had been disciplined.
Are they sitting in jail now? Where are the footage of such arrests?
He’ll probably go on the gravy train at some “foundation” and be rested and ready to pull this crap again when the next Dim is in the WH.
Way too little; three years too late!
Good, then he will have plenty of time available to answer questions.
He can still be subpoena.
“just two low level employees”
B.S.
DC is infested with RAT vermin; call Orkin.
That’s 1. There better be more than that. Names and faces of those charged. Hobble this mess.
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Acting-Commissioner-of-Internal-Revenue-Steven-T.-Miller
Careful ! This link will set cookies ! jk
Is this the Lew guy who is in the Benghazi White House photo?
So he can’t be called to testify now?
_________thump_________thump__________
:>)
He’s just a human shield for Obama.
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