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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I hope you are right. I am getting a little tired of the pace of all of these investigations. The house should just defund the IRS until the truth comes out...better yet...permanently...lol.
Every democrat has to clarify the president had nothing to do with this, every one if them. That’s all they care about.
As Rush says, "They'll tell you by their actions what they're afraid of."
My eyes!
I could be blind now...
This guy sure seems to be targeting conservatives right now...lol.
Partisan hacks, that’s all they are.
lol, she was full of it.......baloney, that is.
D. Tony Cardenas putting on record all the Republicans trying to tie this to Obama. Asks George if there is any evidence of that? no.
I am ok with this. It gets the meme out there.
The links that I saw in early June are in my post here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3029425/posts?page=12#12
George promises to release more reports that show the IRS in a bad light....there’s more to come!
Says how the IG’s office is being treated with this issue is unprecedented.
Cummings the Relevant.
Mr.George states that this attack on IG’s is unprecedented.
Now Mr. Cummings taking issue with this.
Just now the IG made final remarks before closing and he was saying never before has any IG been treated this way.
Gowdy: Attacks on IRS Inspector General George ‘disgraceful’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQV2b7-c0Co
hmm... thanks for the clarification —— and the link in your following post.
Now Cummings is taking George to task at complaining how the IG’s office is being treated/accused.
Faux outrage and now belittling.
Cummings on his self-serving soap box.
Is this a reality TV show?
Now Cummings said George should be grateful that he was asked back to their committee.
Cummings is shameless and disgusting!
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