REVEALED: OBAMA DONOR SAT IN ON IG INTERVIEWS WITH IRS EMPLOYEES

Breitbart.com ^ | May 24, 2013 | Wynton Hall

[Uncle Chip]

On Wednesday, House hearings on the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) political targeting of conservative groups uncovered a startling revelation about the interview process used to construct the Inspector General’s report: Obama donor-turned-IRS director of tax exempt organizations Holly Paz sat in on 36 of 41 interviews with IRS employees.

“Why was Holly Paz... in almost all of the interviews you conducted?” asked Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC). “Why would you have someone from the IRS in those meetings? Is that proper protocol?”

“I am unaware of it,” said Inspector General J. Russell George. “This is the first I’ve heard this.”

George then requested time to research the revelation. “This is the first time that I was made aware of this,” said George.

George then clarified he and his agency performed an audit, not an investigation.

“The operative word, Mr. Chairman, is audit,” said George. “It was not conducted as an investigation.”

Still, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) seemed unsettled that Paz was allowed to sit in on the IG’s interviews of IRS employees.

“Usually when you are conducting an investigation—I know this was an audit, I got that—you want to keep your witnesses separate because you’re in search of the truth and you are trying to make sure there’s no advantage of a person hearing what somebody else said,” said Cummings. “That’s pretty standard procedure.”

George ultimately conceded to Cummings that, “in hindsight, given this matter, obviously this seems somewhat unusual. I need to do a little more research.”

[Uncle Chip]

“I am unaware of it,” said Inspector General J. Russell George. “This is the first I’ve heard this.”

Riiiiiiggghhhtttt!!!!

So is Issa conducting an audit or an investigation???

[Liz]

Shulman was listed as visiting the WH 118 times----told Issa'a committee he went to the WH Easter Egg roll. (Snicker) nice to know the WH celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ all year-long, isn't it?

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I think Issa is well-intentioned but he's in over his head on these issues. It took Cong Trey Gowdy to point out the fallacy of Lerner's asserting her innocence THEN taking the Fifth. Issa was left hanging in the wind.

Issa may be a good businessman---he made millions w/ his car burglar alarm system----but he's not equipped to argue the critical legal issues that arise here.

[raybbr]

Someone like this with this much power?

IRS Subject Matter Expert

Holly Paz
Manager
Exempt Organizations Guidance

Holly is a manager in Exempt Organizations’ Guidance office, which is responsible for drafting notices, announcements, revenue procedures, and other guidance on exempt organization matters. Holly’s work often involves coordination with the Office of Chief Counsel and the Treasury Department on legislative and technical issues, as well as providing information to the tax writing committees of Congress.

Before coming to Exempt Organizations, Holly served as an attorney-advisor in the Taxpayer Advocate Service, an independent organization within the Internal Revenue Service that helps taxpayers resolve problems with the IRS. She also worked for eight years as an attorney in private practice focusing on exempt organizations issues. She earned her juris doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

[Rapscallion]

IRS is unworty of Americas trust with the enforcement mission of Obamacare. There are and will always be questions of trust neutrality non-partisanship competence privacy unauthorized access and much worse. IRS has record of political abuse going back to the 1960s under Democrat Lyndon Johnson...nothing seems have fixed the IRS defects in fifty years.

[muawiyah]

hmm ~ sounds like Holly is the sort of gub’mnt employee who knows all the procedures so well she’s able to just show up. Why someone that intelligent would donate to Obama is a good question. I’d suspect her of having some underlying mental illness.

[InterceptPoint]

It is worth noting that Holly Paz reports directly to the 5th Amendment Poster Girl Lois Lerner.

[Williams]

University of Pennsylvania really says it all.

[Aevery_Freeman]

“Under Secretary”, as it were?

[bert]

That is why they have a committee formed from several individuals.

It is not necessary to have just one all knowing person to do the job

[bert]

She is lawyer

She is a breastister and not a barrister

[elpadre]

I suspect this is protocol for all IG audits and investigations issued from the WH.

They need to check all IG reports from all agencies. This is how fascist leaders do business so as to maintain and increase absolute control..

[muawiyah]

ginormous bressesus!!!!

[popdonnelly]

How are they supposed to give candid answers with their boss sitting there?

[Alas Babylon!]

She looks just like another one of Webb Hubbel’s daughters....

[bert]

Show me the DNA

[muawiyah]

The 5th amendment was not designed for the benefit of the gub’mnt’s jackbooted thugs. Ol’Lois is the type of gub’mnt agent the 5th was designed to STOP. But what’s Holly’s piece of the 5th?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Uncle Chip.

"Why was Holly Paz... in almost all of the interviews you conducted?” asked Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC).

Quick! Circle the Partisan Media Wagons! Revive the bogus "Swiftboating" term as a phony pejorative!

[InterceptPoint]

Holly Paz was, I believe, cooperative when she was deposed by Issa’s committee last Tuesday. I’m assuming she will be a witness at some future meeting of that committee.

[SueRae]

Spot on observation and I wholeheartedly agree.

[InterceptPoint]

Here is the applicable Org Chart that was posted yesterday on FR.