Posted on 06/04/2015 3:54:09 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The IRSs director of privacy, governmental liaison and disclosure division testified Wednesday that the tax agency set up a special team with hundreds of lawyers to handle the probe into whether Tea Party groups were targeted, but repeatedly said she had no idea how it operated.
Mary Howard, who also works as the head Freedom of Information Act officer in the IRS, told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that once the special project team was created and operational, she never saw requests for information.
Asked who was on the team, she said: My first hand knowledge of that is none. But she did say the Chief Council of the IRS one of only two political appointees in the IRS; the other is the commissioner was on the special project team, as were hundreds of attorneys.
She said her office did not interact with the White House, but asked whether the special project team did, said: I have no personal knowledge of how that team acted except that I know they amassed hundreds of attorneys to go through the documents and redact them.
Republican Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz also asked about the information requests after news broke that the IRS was targeting conservative groups, holding up their requests for tax-exempt status.
Those requests went to the commissioner, and it went to the general counsel, he said. Theres only two political appointees in all of the IRS, the commissioner and the general counsel. Those are the only two out of 90,000.
I think that Lois Lerner was the tip of the iceberg, Howard said.
Really? Chaffetz said. So do we.
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Just another one of the hundreds of Do Nothing Committees.
there s a few diseases I think she would certainly deserve...
to fight the mainstream we must not support the parties...support only your candidate....
I wonder if Obama will throw Lerner to the dogs in exchange for the secret trade deal votes needed from republicans?
Lerner the tip of the iceberg? Freepers have been essentially saying this since this scandal first broke.Every conservative that I am aware of knew Lerner didn’t act alone.She had her marching orders from the White House and on Capitol Hill.
Dacula,you’re a Conservative. I believe the hate factor is present as well.
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