Washington Times - Issa Questions Labor Secretary Over IRS Scandal
By Stephen Dinan, WashingtonTimes.com
The House's chief investigator on Tuesday implicated another top Obama administration figure in the controversy over the administration's probe into criminal wrongdoing at the IRS, saying Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez must answer questions about why an Obama donor was named to lead the investigation into the tax agency's tea-party targeting.
Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said in a letter to Mr. Perez, who was an assistant attorney general until July, that he would have had direct knowledge of the department's investigation into the IRS. . . .
Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, which represents more than three dozen tea party groups, said that was shocking because investigators still have to interview any of his clients, who he said were the victims of IRS targeting. . . .