How high did it go? Republicans to step up pressure on IRS at scandal hearing {Live Thread}

Fox News ^ | July 18, 2013

[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.

[UCANSEE2]

Hofacre: “They harassed me at my job, they harassed me at my house.”

[txhurl]

Gowdy’s the one who is going after scalps. He’ll keep this thing alive.

[Toespi]

Bringing it!

[pollywog]

GO CHAFFETZ!!!!!!! STAY YOUR GROUND!!!!!!

[penelopesire]

He is a hottie in a nerdy kind of way...lol.

[UCANSEE2]

CHAFFETZ KICKING BUTT.

Oh no, *sshole cummings wants to interrupt.

[cripplecreek]

Liz Holfacre is providing some of the best most damning info we’ve seen and its got democrats stirred up.

[don-o]

Was that Chafftez who called out Elijah for saying the investigation should be stopped?

[freeangel]

Forgot my sarcasm sign. The gentleman speaking now just mentioned all of the above in the same fashion.

[MWestMom]

Chaffetz burning down the barn! Invoked Benghazi, Fast and Furious, IRS....But then he did a dopey thing and yielded to Cummings.....

[Toespi]

WH spokesman, jay carney, blaming two rogue agents

[UCANSEE2]

Gowdy’s the one who is going after scalps.

Chaffetz is taking quite a few scalps right now.

[Toespi]

Camel lady up.....carrying the water for the dems.

[penelopesire]

Issa seems reluctant to implicate the WH in anyway. Called down Chaffetz. Wonder what Obama has in the NSA files on Issa?

[cripplecreek]

The camel should be the democrat party logo.

[Lucky9teen]

Is it me, or is Mrs. Maloneys face melting?

[Toespi]

Ok, I am going to present a bill to fix this, end this.

[UCANSEE2]

GOD HELP US ALL.

Baloney is up. I mean Maloney.

Maloney: Can’t we just move on ?

[txhurl]

Good, thank you, can’t watch right now.