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ABC analyst drops bombshell: People very close to Obama authorized IRS actions
bizpacreview.com ^ | May 15, 2013 | Tom Tillison

Posted on 06/03/2013 9:08:11 AM PDT by grundle

While appearing Tuesday on KABC’S morning show, “McIntyre in the Morning,” veteran ABC News analyst Trey Hardin dropped a bombshell when he said he is convinced that the IRS scandal emanates from the West Wing of the White House.

Hardin states his case with “with a very strong sense of certainty,” but does not offer any new information to support the claim:

“I will tell you this on the IRS front. I’ve worked in this town for over 20 years in the White House and on Capitol Hill and I can say with a very strong sense of certainty that there are people very close to this president that not only knew what the IRS were doing but authorized it.

It simply just does not happen at an agency level like that without political advisers likely in the West Wing certainly connected to the president’s ongoing campaign organization that didn’t know about it.”

Careful not to implicate President Obama directly, “at least, not yet,” Harden does suggest that “staff or advisers will insulate their boss, the elected official or political candidate, so that person has deniability.”

This is a serious allegation because using the IRS to harass political enemies is a federal crime and was one of the articles of impeachment drawn up against President Nixon. Ironically, the Senate Watergate hearings began 40 years ago this week.


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: abcnews; axelrod; bho44; bhoirs; corruption; criminalpresident; democrats; douglasshulman; irs; irsscandal; irsscandals; johnpodesta; obamascandals; susananderson; treyhardin; valeriejarrett; whirsscandal
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1 posted on 06/03/2013 9:08:11 AM PDT by grundle
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...he is convinced that the IRS scandal emanates from the West Wing of the White House.

We all know this is the case, but honestly, this isn't a "bombshell," not even evidence unless he can back it up.

2 posted on 06/03/2013 9:09:34 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: grundle

157 visits, and Obama himself didn’t begin it ?

LOL.


3 posted on 06/03/2013 9:10:02 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: grundle

What difference does it make?


4 posted on 06/03/2013 9:11:12 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (People are idiots.)
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To: grundle

It won’t matter until Obama takes those free cell phones away.


5 posted on 06/03/2013 9:13:57 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: grundle

No kidding. 0bama has been covering it up like everything else that might stick to him and his team.


6 posted on 06/03/2013 9:14:12 AM PDT by kevinm13 (Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
D'ain't no bombshell! I was told to by my handlers to go play golf. Did something happen while I was gone? I ain't talking!


7 posted on 06/03/2013 9:14:30 AM PDT by laweeks
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Quick, do something before he goes on vacation again!


8 posted on 06/03/2013 9:16:02 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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10 posted on 06/03/2013 9:16:50 AM PDT by newheart (The worst thing the Left ever did was to convince the world it was not a religion.)
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To: grundle
Very close?

I'd say they are never more than 10 feet from him.


11 posted on 06/03/2013 9:16:54 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: grundle

Asymptotic.


12 posted on 06/03/2013 9:17:24 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: grundle
Ironically, the Senate Watergate hearings began 40 years ago this week.




13 posted on 06/03/2013 9:18:17 AM PDT by McGruff (I can't speak to the law here. The law is irrelevant,)
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Obama didn’t know about Fast and Furious.
Obama didn’t know about Bengazi.
Obama didn’t know about the IRS scandal.
Obama didn’t know about the AP investigations.

But Obama was anxiously and intimately involved with the planning and execution of the Bin Laden assassination. In fact, he was so confident in the operation, he went golfing as it started and only came in from the golf course when our troops hit the ground.


14 posted on 06/03/2013 9:18:30 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 ("The British are Coming (to confiscate weapons)" - Paul Revere (We know how that ended))
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To: grundle

Notice how everyone is afraid to say what must be said - that the current occupant of the oval office is the one.

No one says his name for two reasons: he’s the emperor and no one blames the emperor, and cuz the emperor enjoys protective pigmentation.


15 posted on 06/03/2013 9:19:02 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Pi$$ed off yet?)
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To: grundle
It's a pretty sorry situation when the hallmark of this administration is “plausible deniability”.
16 posted on 06/03/2013 9:19:12 AM PDT by immadashell
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To: newheart

The handler knows.


17 posted on 06/03/2013 9:20:49 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: F15Eagle
The road on all these things goes directly to him and his buddies - there is no doubt about it.

The buck stops in the pro shop . . . This duffus has no idea what his handlers are doing back in our White House.

18 posted on 06/03/2013 9:21:52 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: laweeks

did shulman play golf? mmmmm


19 posted on 06/03/2013 9:21:52 AM PDT by glm
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To: grundle; Jeff Chandler

20 posted on 06/03/2013 9:21:54 AM PDT by Old Sarge (My "KMA List" is growing daily...)
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