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Carney: White House aides insulated Obama from IRS scandal
The Washington Times ^ | May 20, 2013 | Susan Crabtree

Posted on 05/20/2013 1:22:46 PM PDT by jazusamo

Top White House aides first learned of a draft report detailing IRS abuses in targeting conservative groups in late April, but they chose to insulate President Obama by not informing him until it exploded in the press, the president’s spokesman said Monday.

White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Monday that White House counsel Kathy Ruemmler learned about an IRS inspector general’s draft report looking into the singling out of conservative groups on April 24. She advised senior White House staff including chief of staff Denis McDonough — about the then-draft report, but Mr. Carney said she believed that Mr. Obama shouldn’t be told and other staffers followed her advice.

“To be clear, we knew the subject of the investigation and we knew of the nature of some of the potential findings, but we did not have a copy of the draft report,” he said. “We did not know the details, the scope or the motivation surrounding the misconduct, and we did not know who was responsible.”

Mr. Obama, as well as Mr. Carney, have said they did not know that the IRS was targeting conservative groups until news of the impending IRS inspector general’s report broke in the press May 10. Mr. Obama has said he will not tolerate the political targeting by the IRS and forced the resignation of acting IRS Commissioner Stephen Miller.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carney; conservativegroups; doj; irs; irsscandal; lies; media; obama; teaparty
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To: jazusamo
" Mr. Obama has said he will not tolerate the political targeting by the IRS"

But, HE WILL TOLERATE HIS PEOPLE NOT TELLING HIM about it until the news media finds out!

41 posted on 05/20/2013 1:45:36 PM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: Jim Robinson

Amen...Give them a choice to tell the truth or be prosecuted, then follow through.

This is so blatantly pathetic I don’t see how even Dems can go along with it.


42 posted on 05/20/2013 1:45:46 PM PDT by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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To: jazusamo
So Lerner has Roady ask a "planted" question to "break" the story and the WH finds out about it the same way we did?

Get her in front of Congress and ask her who told her now was a good time to break this story.

"Are we to believe Ms Lerner that you were about to go public with a huge scandal involving the purely political actions of the IRS and you were not consulted or did not consult the White House?


43 posted on 05/20/2013 1:45:47 PM PDT by GregNH (If you can't fight, please find a good place to hide!)
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To: jazusamo
Oh, well, It's all ok then. Obama for Despot!

Apparently Obama doesn't know a damn thing about anything happening in his Administration.
Thank goodness too, because he would be in trouble if he DID.
Lying sack of shit.

44 posted on 05/20/2013 1:49:15 PM PDT by MaxMax (Conservatism needs a re-awakening plan for the American public)
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To: jazusamo

He met with the President of the IRS Union.

Of course he knew. He gave her instructions when they met.

Jail her she will squeal.


45 posted on 05/20/2013 1:54:52 PM PDT by Venturer
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46 posted on 05/20/2013 1:55:49 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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"Top White House aides first learned of a draft report detailing IRS abuses in targeting conservative groups in late April, but they chose to insulate President Obama by not informing him until it exploded in the press, the president’s spokesman said Monday. "

I swear right there at that line I had to go check if this was The Onion or Semi-News ..."

47 posted on 05/20/2013 1:58:13 PM PDT by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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To: jazusamo

they struggle to protect the teflon racoon


48 posted on 05/20/2013 1:58:32 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: OSHA

I was thinking that it sounds like the fat guy in “Goodfellas” where he sends whispers back and forth between several layers of underlings.


49 posted on 05/20/2013 2:00:02 PM PDT by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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To: jazusamo

It’s much easier to stand on the ground and tell the truth than it is to climb a tree and tell a lie.


50 posted on 05/20/2013 2:03:09 PM PDT by Walmartian (I'm their leader. Which way did they go?)
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To: jazusamo

I could swear that the last time we heard from this fleck of butt mucus, NO ONE in the WH knew anything about this.

Disgusting lying sack of I better stop there.


51 posted on 05/20/2013 2:06:27 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: jazusamo

That’s like an executive officer on a ship holding back information from the captain so he won’t get in trouble.


52 posted on 05/20/2013 2:08:57 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: jazusamo

Most likely a lie, but a good employee always informs their boos of anything they might need to know about. I always told my employees this and I did so for my boss. So it’s still incompetance for Obama as an administrator. We can’t have that for a president.


53 posted on 05/20/2013 2:11:44 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: jazusamo
How many times have the liars changed their talking points??? First no one in White House knew anything. Then maybe one person knew........Then maybe they mentioned it to one other person. Now......the whole damn White House knew what was going on from day one. Incompetent bunch of lying crooks make a Chinese fire drill look organized.
54 posted on 05/20/2013 2:16:26 PM PDT by True Grit
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To: Jim Robinson

>>>Threaten a few of these useful idiots with serious jail time and watch them squeal.>>>

.................................YES................................


55 posted on 05/20/2013 2:19:16 PM PDT by kitkat (STORM THE HEAVENS WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY)
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56 posted on 05/20/2013 2:20:44 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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57 posted on 05/20/2013 2:25:21 PM PDT by vietvet67
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To: jazusamo
Just quit playing namby cakes with these fools and empanel a Grand Jury or 5. You start slapping people around a little bit and you start getting some respect around here - to quote Ike Clanton

Time to step up, RINO'S

58 posted on 05/20/2013 2:25:31 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever.u)
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To: allmendream

More like implausible deniability.


59 posted on 05/20/2013 2:26:07 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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To: MaxMax
Typical democrats. They always play the " he's just a black dude, really, how can you expect him to know anything?

The tyranny of low expectations = hoisted on their own petard !

60 posted on 05/20/2013 2:33:13 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever.u)
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