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posted on Thu Jun 06, 2013 19:30 by Jammie
Yes, we know, this is shocking! Actually, it’s no surprise at all. Anyone
with half a brain knows this came straight from the White House and it’s
simply a matter of time until it’s confirmed.
Two Internal Revenue Service employees in the agency’s Cincinnati
office told congressional investigators that IRS officials in Washington
helped direct the probe of tea-party groups that began in 2010.
Transcripts of the interviews, viewed Wednesday by The Wall Street
Journal, appear to contradict earlier statements by top IRS officials, who
have blamed lower-level workers in Cincinnati.
Elizabeth Hofacre said her office in Cincinnati sought help from IRS
officials in the Washington unit that oversees tax-exempt organizations
after she started getting the tea-party cases in April 2010. Ms. Hofacre
said Carter Hull, an IRS lawyer in Washington, closely oversaw her work and
suggested some of the questions asked applicants.
“I was essentially a front person, because I had no autonomy or no
authority to act on [applications] without Carter Hull’s influence or input
,” she said, according to the transcripts.
Mr. Hull could not be reached for comment.
Of course not. They’re never available for comment, even though we pay
their salaries. They work for us, not the other way around.
Ms. Hofacre said she was outraged last month when IRS higher-ups,
including Lois Lerner, then the head of the IRS tax-exempt division, blamed
the problem on employees in Cincinnati. “I was furious,” Ms. Hofacre told
interviewers. “It looked like Lois Lerner was putting it on us.”
Lerner clearly is looking out for herself. She should actually be measuring
drapes for her prison cell. Meanwhile, The Daily Caller reports that this
guy is Carter Hull. And here’s his Facebook page. He might need a dental
checkup before he’s hauled before Congress. |
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