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It was all obamas fault. what he was getting to prove, as he put it, was based on excerpts of interviews his staff conducted with irs officials based in cincinnati. those included one unnamed employee saying i took all my direction from washington. well, conspiracy proved him wrong. issa was criticized at the time for selectively disclosing extremely limited portions of those interviews. why not release them all? why not release more? heres why. it turns out that others in the division including...

Is the guy in charge of that program, do you have any reason to believe that anyone in the white house was involved in the decision to screen tea party cases? answer, i have no reason to believe that. well, u.s. congressman elijah cummings joins us now. sir, this is so amazing because this wild goose chase is what it looks like now that supposedly led all the way to the white house although issa never gets you all the way there. he says im working on that one. i just claimed. and now hes calling...

Theyre paid liar. their spokesperson picture behind, hes still making up things about what happens and calling this local rogue. theres no indication, the reason that lois lerner tried to take the fifth is not because theres a rogue in cincinnati. its because this is a problem that was coordinated in all likelihood right out of washington headquarters. and were getting to proving it. >> a whole new english language from issa. in all likelihood, were getting to proving it. in other words, he has ...

Apparently what happened is he was -- he had screeners under him. in other words, that worked for him. one of the screeners came to him in february of 2010 and says look, boss, this is a tea -- weve got a tea party case here and what they are asking for is they want tax exempt status. his boss, that is the self-described republican conservative republican said, youre right. we need to send this to washington. this is a high profile case. we want to make sure we are consistent. we want to make su...

In february of 2010 and says look, boss, this is a tea -- weve got a tea party case here and what they are asking for is they want tax exempt status. his boss, that is the self-described republican conservative republican said, youre right. we need to send this to washington. this is a high profile case. we want to make sure we are consistent. we want to make sure that other cases that may come in we treat them the same way. and let me tell you something, chris. this conservative republican mana...

Well, u.s. congressman elijah cummings joins us now. sir, this is so amazing because this wild goose chase is what it looks like now that supposedly led all the way to the white house although issa never gets you all the way there. he says im working on that one. and now hes calling you. whats your phrase for your latest one, youre extreme and reckless and all youre doing is quoting the witness he refused to acknowledge which is the guy in charge who said i did it because it was a way to do thin...

People in good marriages, theyre healthy and happy. these cutters, the people that these women arent getting to vote very much, are they? >> well, theyre not giving big campaign contributions and so theyre really not politically apparently an important constituency which is just stunning. >> lets talk turkey. kim, how do you fight this? is there anybody youve been able to find, we called it in wrestling, i guess, pressure points. i imagine these things. i didnt wrestle. but you look for the way ...

Fixing the faa problem so there wouldnt be long lines at the airport. >> thats on the airplanes. >> exactly. >> when good marriages are healthy and happy. these cutters, the women arent getting to vote very much, arent they? >> and theyre not giving big campaign contributions. so theyre really not politically apparently an important constituency, which is just stunning. >> lets talk turkey, kim. how do you fight this? who do you have to talk to? is there anybody you can find -- we used to call i...

He put it, was based on excerpts of interviews his staff conducted with irs officials based in cincinnati. those included one unnamed employee saying i took all my direction from washington. well, conspiracy proved hmmm, wrong. issa was criticized at the time for selectively disclosing extremely limited portions of those interviews. why not release them all? why not release more? heres why. it turns out that others in the division including the manager of the group and the person responsible for...

The one who actually sent cases, a case up to washington. apparently what happened is he was -- he had screeners under him. in other words, that worked for him. one of the screeners came to him in february of 2010 and says look, boss, this is a tea -- weve got a tea party case here and what they are asking for is they want tax exempt status. his boss, that is the self-described republican conservative republican said, youre right. we need to send this to washington. this is a high profile case. ...