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Guy was leaving in june and going to leave the irs a couple of minutes later. >> lois learner is in her position. >> charles in >> it was a firing farce. it didnt have meaning. that is not the guy involved in this. you have to win the trust and where is these cincinnati guys and people in washington get the idea or authorization or instruction and who knows? did they wake up and decide to target the tea party all of their own? it is highly emimplausible. the presidents answer to that question, i...

Were encouraging the irs to look into tea party organizations because they felt that they shouldnt even be granted this kind of nonprofit status. but i think whats going to really get people upset is to find out who else may have been targeted. mitt romneys supporters. but what about reverend billy graham, who has been influential with all different presidents across time for decades, republicans and democrats? >> brian: even by president obama. >> gretchen: to find out billy graham may have bee...

Believe that mr. miller should be released of his responsibilities as well as -- there was such total mismanagement. >> he was referring to acting irs chief steven miller and the top irs official, lois learner. elijah cummings says laws were probably broken. do you agree? >> from what ive heard, i do agree. i know an invest xwags is underway. we need to wait to hear all the facts, but if it appears this is whats happening, we need to hold people accountable. i have no hesitation with that. how f...

Felt harded. justin thomas said lengthy questionnaires got personal. even machinientioning his name. >> this past friday, more than three years later, lois learner admitted her employees were targeting tea party groups. cnn obtained this audio i. they used names like tea party or patriots and selected cases because the application had those names in the title. that was wrong. that was absolutely incorrect. it was insensitive and it was inappropriate. >> reporter: that admission prompted better c...

More formal, issuing an internal be on the look out or bolo listing for local organizations in the tea party movement. as a result, tea party activists reported feeling harassed when applying for tax-exempt status. cincinnati tea party founder justin bing thomas told carol costello lengthy questionnaires got personal, even mentioning his name. >> why, what is it being collected for, where is it being stored? >> reporter: it wasnt until this past friday, more than three years later, lois learner,...

Its not just paranoia if you have this kind of evidence. i think it is paranoia most of the time. if this thing gets out to be fact, if its clear they were going through returns like this young lady, this ladys returns, her organizations returns, if theyre going around systemically looking for the right wing, it could be the left wing next year. thats my view. i think the president was right. i think he should have been tougher. >> well, chris, you know, theres a couple things here just to impac...

Targeted by the irs right in the middle of the presidential election. you heard lois learner who heads the division, hey, she says this was not politically driven. does that seem ludicrous? why would conservative groups be targeted? >> it seems ludicrous on its face. also, you have to remember a year before this the head of the irs the internal revenue service came before congress said no way was this happening. now, we find out on friday kind an off the cuff remark at a tax conference that in f...

Note. ♪ ♪ ♪ . >> a damning admission from the irs today. the agency has just admit that had it unfairly targeted conservative political groups during the 2012 election. here is onese of its officials, lois learner. >> they used names like tea party, or patriots. and they selected cases simply because a the application had those names in the title. that was wrong. that was w absolutely incorrect. it i was insensitive andou inappropriate. thats now how we select cases for further review. we ...

Political retaliation. he wants to know why the irs schkd out various conservative groups for extra scrutiny my ni during the 2012 election year as they applied for takes exempt status because they had words like tea party or patriot in their name. lois learner insists it was simply a way, albeit an inappropriate way, to categorize groups for this ex zblemgs that was wrong and it was insensitive and inappropriate. that is not how we go about selecting cases for further review. >> molly: learner ...

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