"Inquiry into IRS disclosed to White House in April; Officials say Obama wasn’t told" by Peter Baker | New York Times, May 21, 2013
WASHINGTON — White House officials were first notified April 16 about an investigation into Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative groups and discussed its potential findings with the Treasury Department but never told President Obama, the White House said Monday....
Then he's as out-of-touch as Reagan?
White House press secretary Jay Carney said that IRS efforts to single out conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status for special scrutiny had ceased by the time the White House was made aware of the near-complete inspector general’s report, so no action was needed at that time to stop it.
The revised version of White House events came as the Senate Finance Committee sent a six-page letter to Steven Miller, the outgoing acting IRS commissioner, with 41 questions on the matter.
The questions, which are to be answered by May 31, go well beyond the IRS to the question Republicans have been focused on for a week: Who in the Obama administration knew what and when?
The letter was signed by Senators Max Baucus of Montana and Orrin Hatch of Utah, the chairman and ranking Republican, respectively, of the committee.
The Finance Committee plans to convene a hearing on the issue Tuesday that is to feature Douglas Shulman, a Bush administration appointee who led the IRS for much of the targeting effort and has yet to be questioned.
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Also see: IRS Scandal: Armed Police 'Escort' Reporters Through Cincinnati Office
Jobs are threatened if they talk to the media?
Nothing about Benghazi, nothing about the AP scandal, and nothing about the EPA in my Globe today.
Related: Half of America wants Obama impeached
Including a quarter of Democrats!
Sunday Globe Special: Muddling Through the Obama Scandals
Obama Scandals Bring MSNBC 7-Year Low While Fox News Rises
So much for being Fox Left.
Also see: AP may take action over seized records
Obama aide accuses GOP lawmakers of partisanship
Lame.
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
"Lois Lerner, key figure in the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups, plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday."
