Russell George (l); Steve Miller (r)
This morning, the GOP-majority House Ways and Means Committee holds the first Congressional hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeting conservatives and Christians for higher levels of scrutiny.
Outgoing Acting IRS Commissioner Steve Miller, Obama’s first scapegoat in his IRS-gate, told a House committee that “foolish mistakes” were made by the tax agency, but that partisanship wasn’t the reason. [Hey, Miller, if "partisanship wasn't the reason," then why did you "resign" from the IRS? ~Eowyn]
Treasury Department’s Inspector General for Tax Administration Russell George testified at the same hearing and said he did not find evidence that IRS’ decisions were motivated by politics. [HaHaHaHaHa! That Russell George is a real stand-up comedian! ~Eowyn]
To watch the hearing live, click here.
Meanwhile, NBC’s Lisa Myers reported this morning that the IRS deliberately chose not to reveal that it had wrongly targeted conservative groups until after the 2012 presidential election.
But remember we’ve been told: “partisanship wasn’t the reason” and there’s no “evidence that IRS’ decisions were motivated by politics”!
~Eowyn
