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发帖数: 29846 | 1 A Couple of Rogue IRS Employees? How About 88 of Them?
by Jammie
It’s going to take some time getting to the bottom of Obama’s IRS scandal
and judging by the obstructionist tactics of the IRS and Obama’s henchmen
we may be well into the 2014 midterm election cycle before we know the truth
. That should make for some fun leading up to next November.
The Internal Revenue Service has told House GOP investigators they have
identified 88 IRS employees who may have documents relevant to the
congressional investigation into targeting of conservative groups, according
to a congressional source familiar with the investigation.
The IRS asked these employees to preserve all the “responsive documents
” on their computers, and it has been in the process of collecting it all
to comply with congressional requests for information. The IRS missed its
May 21st deadline to turn over documents to the House Ways and Means
Committee.
The same source said the IRS argues it missed its deadline because of
the scope of documents it is collecting.
The request for documents was a bipartisan one, but Republicans are
privately preparing to seize on the fact that if nearly 90 IRS employees may
have been somehow involved in this targeting, it is evidence that the
controversy extends well beyond the mistakes by a few low level employees.
However, with no documents in hand, there is no way to know how many of
the employees being asked to preserve documents were truly involved in the
activity in question. The IRS, in a statement to CNN, said the large number
reflects its effort to ensure they are as responsive as possible to the
Congressional requests.
“The IRS and Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel are moving aggressively
and taking the data requests very seriously. As a precautionary measure, the
IRS is casting a wide net to capture any potentially related materials. Our
goal is to be exceedingly thorough during this process to ensure we
identify any and all pertinent records,” the IRS statement said. “The IRS
has received numerous congressional requests involving an extensive set of
questions and calls for data. Responding to these requests is a top priority
for us. We have been in contact with committee staff, and we continue to
provide them updates as we diligently work through these requests.”
So if they’re working diligently at this, why have they ignored Senate
requests for information? |
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