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Top Obama Lawyer Knew of IRS Targeting in April
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Richard Milhous Obama
May 20, 2013, 1:34:21 PM5/20/13
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Top Obama Lawyer Knew of IRS Targeting in April
The Hill
President Obama's top lawyer was notified in April that the Treasury
Department's inspector general had finished an audit of the Internal
Revenue Service and uncovered the targeting of conservative groups,
according to a report. The Wall Street Journal reported late Sunday
that a senior administration official said White House counsel Kathryn
Ruemmler learned about the inspector general's conclusions during the
week of April 22, including that IRS agents had directed unfair
scrutiny towards Tea Party groups and others who were seeking tax
exemption. Obama press secretary Jay Carney had previously
acknowledged that the counsel's office knew that the audit had been
completed in April. The report that White House lawyers may have known
the report's findings weeks before they became public will likely fuel
GOP questions about when other senior administration officials first
learned about the scandal and if the president should have been
notified sooner. President Obama has said he first learned about the
IRS misconduct when the public did, on May 10.
The Hill
President Obama's top lawyer was notified in April that the Treasury
Department's inspector general had finished an audit of the Internal
Revenue Service and uncovered the targeting of conservative groups,
according to a report. The Wall Street Journal reported late Sunday
that a senior administration official said White House counsel Kathryn
Ruemmler learned about the inspector general's conclusions during the
week of April 22, including that IRS agents had directed unfair
scrutiny towards Tea Party groups and others who were seeking tax
exemption. Obama press secretary Jay Carney had previously
acknowledged that the counsel's office knew that the audit had been
completed in April. The report that White House lawyers may have known
the report's findings weeks before they became public will likely fuel
GOP questions about when other senior administration officials first
learned about the scandal and if the president should have been
notified sooner. President Obama has said he first learned about the
IRS misconduct when the public did, on May 10.
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