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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“Accidentally” always a precursor........
Well it is white...
Carter Hull reads his opening statement. His understanding was the two TP applications were assigned to him as test cases( ithink)
Drafted documents after a time as recommendations for handling the TP applications.
Mr. Chairman,
It was the intern.
You know how interns are.
Honest.
Thank you,
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There you go.
Hull made monthly updates
:)
This is really good testimony. He just named about 7 or 8 people by name that were in a meeting.
Summer, 2011 - Lois Lerner told folks to refer to these aplications as “Advocacy” applications instead of Tea Party applications.
On FNC poshitus is blabbing about his doomcare.
He can’t answer because it might divulge taxpayer info.
Mark, and ty, tx.
It sounds as tho Lerner’s testimony may not even be needed - so say goodbye to any immunity, Lois.
I hope you enjoyed your one minute of fame, pleading the Fifth in a congressional hearing. Perhaps you should have moved faster on that immunity request thingie.
Why would TPs have had a different set of SOPs?
Looks like the MSM is doing it’s best to ignore this hearing. Sure wish Gowdy was running the show.
Liz - unable to close any TP cases because waiting on Hull.
Hull couldn’t offer info to Liz because he was waiting on other counsel.
That's rich.
Obama love fest on FOX.
Why not just drop the “Cone of Silence” and answer the question???
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is how high it went.
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