Posted on 07/18/2013 6:40:25 AM PDT by don-o
House Republicans plan to ratchet up scrutiny of the IRS during a hearing Thursday morning where agency workers are expected to discuss the involvement of high-level officials in slowing down applications from Tea Party groups.
For the first time, the House oversight committee has invited two key agency officials to testify. Republican leaders of the committee claimed Wednesday that one of them recently revealed that the IRS chief counsel's office -- led by a political appointee -- played a role, along with embattled IRS official Lois Lerner, in scrutinizing conservative groups.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the committee, told Fox News that agency officials in Cincinnati were taking their orders from Washington, and that the investigation needs to look next at both Lerner and the counsel's office.
"As a part of this ongoing investigation, the committees have learned that the IRS Chief Counsel's office in Washington, D.C. has been closely involved in some of the applications," Issa and other Republicans wrote in a letter to IRS Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel.
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Please just be patient with the Committees doing their investigations. They will get to the shark at the top of the food chain if the evidence leads directly there.
We are battling marxist propgandists in the MSM and Dem party. Facts matter little if they are buried in a pile of dog you know what.
We need a clear message in twitter size bites from the GOP about IRS/Benghazi/NSA/Etc. on a weekly basis and we are not getting that from the Tan Man. We get the occasional hit and run sound bite and little more. That’s not how you beat these goose stepping bastards who are fighting tooth and nail to win.
There’s the troof again.
Now he says we need to stop making racist statements.
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Come on...folks....anyone with half a brain knows this whole sham came directly from Obama’s mouth!!! Cummings can rant all he wants trying to protect Obama, but the truth is the truth, Obama did all he could, illegally to steal the 2012 election. However.....he probably would have won anyway because Mitt Romney was such a weak sister candidate!!! However...that still does not change the fact that Obama and all his criminal ilk at IRS violated the federal law and the freedom of American people by the millions!!!
Yeah, WTH was that about. “ I think I’ll just stick something in there about racism”
Cummings has a full basket of red herrings today.
Dems have a game plan. They stick to it. Until Issa and Boehner smack them down they will continue dissembling, distracting, delaying, etc. Imagine McConnell trying this stuff on Reid! Reid would light a rocket on them immediately.
LOL...sheesh it’s EVERYWHERE with them isn’t it?
The first IRS lawyer (female) is VERY nervous.
It is everywhere because it is all they have...
Please read full sentences... I specifically said Impeached and CONVICTED.
Impeachment occurs in the House. Conviction for a crime and subsequent removal from Office comes from the Senate.
What’s that I heard? Committee on Emerging Issues set up in 2010.
Gowdy’s the one who should be conducting these hearings. He’s an actual prosecutor.
I’m waiting for toilet paper to be declared racist..
She has probably heard about the Whitey Bulger witness.
And crazy good.
Carter Hull - 48 year IRS employee.....lawyer at the exempt office? and Liz Hofacre will be testifying.
Liz claims she was assigned to Tea Party exempt applications in April 2010. She said she was told to coordinate with Mr. Carter Hull. He gave draft letters to send to the applicants.
Said it was highly unusual process for the draft letter process - looked at it as micromanagement of the process.
Expressed concerns/frustrations and applied for transfer. Had 40-60 cases assigned to her when she left in October.
employee outlining “highly unusual...micromanagement” of Tea Party groups, ordered by supervisors. Didn’t apply to liberal groups.
Accidentally emailed a list of something to Washington. Here’s Hull. Tax law specialist in exempt organizations
Bingo! and further- he knows his stuff and he can think on his feet.
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