Reality Check: Inspector General may need to interview IRS agents again, This time under oath?

fox19.com Cincinnati, Ohio ^ | 5/22/2013 | Channel 19

[thouworm]

Related thread: Cindy Thomas

According to WXIX, all of those workers have separate managers, and separate territory managers above them; the only supervisor they do have in common is Cindy Thomas, the program manager of the IRS’ tax-exempt organizations determinations division....

Additionally, it was Thomas’ signature on an IRS letter to investigative journalism outfit ProPublica sent along with confidential, still-pending applications from conservative groups in November.

Is This the IRS Boss Who Oversaw the Targeting of Tea Party Groups?

[Eva]

I posted a link from thevWall Street Journal but for some reason, it didn’t show up. I’m on my IPad now, so you will have to just look it up. The article is on the Opinion page, by Lamar Alexander.

[vette6387]

“I thought IG George’s testimony yesterday regarding his investigation was more-or-less hilarious:”

“They weren’t under oath, so we had to take their word for it.”

No $h!t! This guy is a “house negro” for Obama. What a disgraceful excuse for a human being. The only thing missing in his testimony was “yes massa!”

[Billthedrill]

Where’s Torquemada when you need him? BTT

[hoosiermama]

What’s the name of the head of the union that visited O just before the list was created.?How does she fit in?
Who did the Demators who encouraging the investigation address their letters to? Fox just had a segment by Liz of Bus channel on them

[lodi90]

Holly Paz is/was based in DC. The agents may have been in Cincinnati but a lot of the managers seem to have been calling the shots from DC.

[hoosiermama]

Megyn on this after the break

[ncfool]

Colleen Kelley.......

[hoosiermama]

Ty

[thouworm]

thanks for headsup. Had Megyn DVR-ed.

So.... Do I have this correct? (reviewing from article & Megyn)

TREASURY Dept (BTW: Geithner, 4 yrs at Treasury) left end of Jan 2013 & was succeeded by Jack Lew)

IRS leadership, in Washington D.C.

Shulman - former IRS Commissioner - commissioner for 5 yrs until about 6 months ago (?). Visited WH 118 times during yrs 2010-2011 (including some visits with POTUS)

Was contacted by 132 members of Congress about these IRS problems.

Was tipped off by IG that there was a target list on May 30, 2012. Four days later the IG told the Treasury General Counsel about the target list.

Steven Miller - Former Acting IRS Commissioner (retires)

Joseph Grant - Commissioner of Tax Exempt and Government Entities (retires)

Lois Lerner - Head of Exempt Organization

Holly Paz - Director of Exempt Organizations (sat in on 36 of 41 IG interviews of subordinates). She was interviewed by Issa committee staff on Tues of this week but has not yet testified before Issa’s committee.

Cincinnati

Cindy Thomas - one level down is Cindy Thomas, the highest ranking employee (manager) in Cincinnati in this Tax Exempt and Government Entities Department
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According to Fox segment, each of the 5 identified IRS agents (separate is side-supervisor Stephen Seok?) has a separate manager who each had a separate territor manager) -— all designed to prevent targeting -— LOL, LOL, LOL

1) An agent gets 270 days to process each application

2) When past due, a red flag is generated and agent must then give a status update each month on each past-due application

Accding to FOX, 300 groupd targeted. They spent 18 mos - 3 yrs in system (many still in system)

This amounts to thousands of red flags generated.

[ncfool]

How many donated to the Rat party.