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| IRS collects docs from 88 employees in investigation |
| 2013-06-02 |
| [POLITICALTICKER.BLOGS.CNN] The Internal Revenue Service has told House GOP Sherlocks they have identified 88 IRS employees who may have documents relevant to the congressional investigation into targeting of conservative groups, according to a congressional source familiar with the investigation. The IRS asked these employees to preserve all the "responsive documents" on their computers, and it has been in the process of collecting it all to comply with congressional requests for information. The IRS missed its May 21st deadline to turn over documents to the House Boodle Central. The same source said the IRS argues it missed its deadline because of the scope of documents it is collecting. The request for documents was a bipartisan one, but Republicans are privately preparing to seize on the fact that if nearly 90 IRS employees may have been somehow involved in this targeting, it is evidence that the controversy extends well beyond the mistakes by a few low level employees. However, facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable... with no documents in hand, there is no way to know how many of the employees being asked to preserve documents were truly involved in the activity in question. The IRS, in a statement to CNN, said the large number reflects its effort to ensure they are as responsive as possible to the Congressional requests. "The IRS and Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel are moving aggressively and taking the data requests very seriously. As a precautionary measure, the IRS is casting a wide net to capture any potentially related materials. Our goal is to be exceedingly thorough during this process to ensure we identify any and all pertinent records," the IRS statement said. "The IRS has received numerous congressional requests involving an extensive set of questions and calls for data. Responding to these requests is a top priority for us. We have been in contact with committee staff, and we continue to provide them updates as we diligently work through these requests." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 My guess is the deGaussing machines at the IRS and DOJ are getting quite a workout. Bulk erasers. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-06-02 13:55 |
| #8 If Nixon hadn't been so incompetent the Left wouldn't have gotten so damn much power. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-06-02 13:12 |
| #7 Ironic that the very type of power the Southern States claimed to be worried about during the Civil War, now show up under the watch of the first African-American President. I'm starting to think Nixon wasn't such a bad guy. |
| Posted by: Charles 2013-06-02 13:02 |
| #6 Document collection is so the unnamed higher ups can review and shred them if'n names above the lowest level appear. must protect the WH clown and his sycophants. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2013-06-02 11:41 |
| #5 10:1 they're handing out horseshoe magnets right now |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-06-02 11:05 |
| #4 All the rest were smart enough to use shredder? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-06-02 09:01 |
| #3 Fire every damn one of them... Then audit to their very bowel movement. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-06-02 07:54 |
| #2 More IRS conventioneers |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-06-02 06:51 |
| #1 Fire every damn one of them... |
| Posted by: Raj 2013-06-02 01:09 |