IRS Obfuscating the Truth About Targeting
A week ago, President Obama demanded the IRS cooperate with Congress as it investigates the agency’s intentional targeting of conservative groups. He assured the American people, “[W]e will work with Congress as it performs its oversight role. And our administration has to make sure that we are working hand in hand with Congress to get this thing fixed.”
Apparently the IRS didn’t get the memo. It nonchalantly continues to treat this as an unfortunate incidence of poor management and not what it is — a coordinated effort by the Obama administration’s IRS to violate the constitutional rights of American citizens.
After three congressional hearings on the burgeoning IRS scandal, we have learned nothing from the IRS.
Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testified Wednesday that while he regrets that the inappropriate targeting occurred on his watch, he didn’t know anything about it. Then he admitted that when he did find out, he didn’t do anything about it. He didn’t ask further questions, he didn’t call for investigations, and he didn’t order disciplinary action. . . .