Posted on 06/09/2013 3:16:01 PM PDT by jimbo123
A U.S. Internal Revenue Service manager, who described himself as a conservative Republican, told congressional investigators that he and a local colleague decided to give conservative groups the extra scrutiny that has prompted weeks of political controversy.
In an official interview transcript released on Sunday by Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings, the manager said he and an underling set aside "Tea Party" and "patriot" groups that had applied for tax-exempt status because the organizations appeared to pose a new precedent that could affect future IRS filings.
Cummings, top Democrat on the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee conducting the probe, told CNN's "State of the Union" program that the manager's comments provided evidence that politics was not behind IRS actions that have fueled a month-long furor in Washington.
"He is a conservative Republican working for the IRS. I think this interview and these statements go a long way toward showing that the White House was not involved in this," Cummings told CNN's "State of the Union" program.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
I do believe that Cummings is a fondling member of the Congressional Black Communists.
Too late. Several of the grunts in Cincy are already reporting that DC was requesting tea party files for scrutiny. Nice try but no cigar.
Shouldn’t that have been “ LIAR AND THIEF “.
Obunghole isn’t even the chief in his own whitehut.
If Cummings says the White House is not involved, that means he knows it is.
I wouldn’t believe Elijah racist Cummings if he said the sun would rise tomorrow.
My BS meter just pegged...
Who is he and how do we know he’s a conservative Repuublican? Second some people might call themselves a conservative Republican or liberal Democrat and will still say and do what is in their own personal best interest. Being the person who derails the investigation in this case is a sure way to get promotions.
Why are you two insulting insects and bacteria?
Ole Elijah is just like all Lib/Prog/Dem communists. IQ = 0.0;
in other words, BRAIN DEAD.
Even insects and bacteria have enough intelligence and common sense to survive outside the liberal nanny-state.
Yeah, right.
These guys are in “Full Smokescreen” mode!
IOW, they’re crapping in their casuals!!
Cummings would have to get a promotion just to be considered a moron.
What a pantload.
Its becoming painfully obvious that Elijah Cummings is an easy man to lie to.
Cincinnati and southwestern Ohio is a very conservative area. I seriously doubt any conservative took it upon himself to “investigate” tea party groups. This lie is coming from the top down; the cover up continues. Hey Obama: it’s the cover up that’s gets ya.
Cincinnati and southwestern Ohio is a very conservative area. I seriously doubt any conservative took it upon himself to “investigate” tea party groups. This lie is coming from the top down; the cover up continues. Hey Obama: it’s the cover up that’s gets ya.
STOP IT!! Give Darrell some Space and AID....geesh....he’s swimming upstream going after a HUGE...the HUGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE known to mankind....the ENTIRE DEMOCRAT PARTY!!! Give him a chance.
Dems don’t wait. They are in full blown CYA campaign mode. GOP is doing nothing of the sort. Half the GOP reps couldn’t tie their shoes in the IRS hearings.
Evidence is being destroyed while Issa & Camp play pat-a-cake on The Hill.
The GOP needs to either engage the Dems on the IRS issue or plan on losing again. Those are the options.
Not that he actually is a republican, he just described himself as such. I could describe myself as a woolly mammoth... it does not make me one.
**“They were treated “in a consistent way.”
And, of course, this new “revelation” does nothing to address the fact that confidential conservative donor lists were disclosed to left-wing groups.**
...and even if they were originally segregated for some plausibly non-partisan technical reason, it doesn’t begin to explain how they were treated later.
Likewise the NSA screaming is mixing legitimate activities with illegitimate ones, wherein legitimate investigation of our nation’s enemies is likely to be blocked...and sent back to the Torecelli, and Gorelick rules meant not to protect innocent citizens, but to neuter our ability to collect intelligence on enemies.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
“Too late. Several of the grunts in Cincy are already reporting that DC was requesting tea party files for scrutiny. Nice try but no cigar.”
That’s the first thing I thought of when I saw the headline of this thread. Thank you for making the point.
Quite amateurish stuff, this.
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