the shadow of scandal. peter? reporter: gregg, now the white house is saying those irs guidelines that unfairly targeted conservative groups were not put in place for political reasons. sunday advisor said this morning when it comes to the outrageous behavior of the irs, the law is irrelevant. whether it s legal or illegal epartment of justicethe fact the said they are looking into the legality of this. president is not going waited for that. we have to make sure it doesn t happen again. reporter: he took on to his official twitter account, before folks get too far ahead of himself, of course, the law matters, irs misconduct is wrong. president obama in saying that nobody at the white house knew about the prejudiced policies while it was being implemented.