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  • Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened

    05/21/2013 8:57:42 AM PDT · by Nachum · 51 replies
    AP ^ | 5/21/13 | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER and ALAN FRAM
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner. Douglas Shulman, who vacated his position last November when his five-year term expired, told the Senate Finance Committee he didn't learn all the facts until he read last week's report by a Treasury inspector general confirming the targeting strategy. In his first public remarks since the story broke, Shulman said: "I agree this is an issue...