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Why intimidate the associated press when the associated press, the allegation goes, is in your corner instinctively anyway? >> i think, geraldo, what you have here is in this administration, you have people who are desensitized to federal power, where they dont understand the deep responsibility they have. they hear their president talking about taking it out on their enemies. you have a government that has simply grown bigger and faster than any before it and they do things they shouldnt be doi...

Concerns her now is that sarah ingram who was in charge of tax exemptions during the time the tea party was targeted now as you have probably heard, ladies and gentlemen, heading up the irs office overseeing obamacare. ladies, welcome. why does ra sarah ingrams newb bother you so? >> the enforcement is going to come out of the irs. if the woman who was in charge while people were targeted for political ideologies and is now in charge of that portion of the irs, the obama care part of the irs how...

Irs. she apparently did not inform any one else including the president until she learned that there was an inspector generals investigation taking place. and that seems to then have set off alarms at the white house. that is as far as we know and as you know the president said he only became aware of it at the time that he was told about the inspector generals report being forthcoming. >> one thing, geraldo. one part to that. a legalized answer which was and the president is a lawyer when was a...

Bystander, playing golf today. like nemo fiddling when rome burns. >> i dont think this is anywhere are near rome burning. this is where republicans will get in trouble is overplaying their hands. the change in poll numbers. zero. president obama remains a popular president. for all of the churning and talk about rome burning politically it has been a nonstarter all of these scandals. let me come back to the irs thing. people are trying to parse what the president said and didnt say. he said he ...

For back into the 90s at the heavy handed overreach of the irs and the harassment of conservatives. you know, i frankly believe that this is criminal. i believe that they have violated 18 usc 241 and 242 which is con spea conspiracy te people of their civil rights. it is is view point discrimination and it is criminal. i hope that doj does their job. >> geraldo: what you believe, penny, is that they have done this for a generation now. >> yes. >> geraldo: what about the charge that during the bu...

Happens that everyone targeted happens to be the people who have a problem with the direction of this country is going under this president. just so happens that the benghazi issue is stifled just before the election. i dont think too many people would say there isnt a guilty verdict coming. >> geraldo: do you want a special prosecutor? what forum do we hash this out and discover the truth? the real facts, the real circumstances? >> i think you would want to have a special counsel for sure into ...

Deal out of his stepping aside. not a big deal, he was going anyways. but we will have actually shulman who was the irs commissioner at the time. and then we willle have the famous lois lerner who was in charge of the tax exempt division at the time. we will have some of the principals and find out how high up they knew and when they knew what was going on and again we are looking to see if the law in fact was violated. >> geraldo: and you have a situation now where you have these hearings going...

For back into the 90s at the heavy handed overreach of the irs and the harassment of conservatives. you know, i frankly believe that this is criminal. i believe that they have violated 18 usc 241 and 242 which is con spea conspiracy te people of their civil rights. it is is view point discrimination and it is criminal. i hope that doj does their job. >> geraldo: what you believe, penny, is that they have done this for a generation now. >> yes. >> geraldo: what about the charge that during the bu...

Did it or not at the irs but she was in charge and if she is in charge again how you do we know. there is no possible way to know or to trust this woman. to know that she is not going to be in charge of another breech of confidence and confidential information. it is very serious. >> geraldo: and penny nance, your basic position is that this has been going on in democratic administrations since the 90s? >> absolutely. concerned women for america has a 501 c 3 and c4. from 1993 to 2000 my organiz...

Were notified and didnt make the changes they should have and it still hasnt been fixed. we will let congress do that side. we will focus on representing our clients. wouldnt be surprised if this goes higher than lois lerner. >> geraldo: juan, what to you think? goes as high as steve miller who resigned or the same question is the white house in on this? is this a huge scandal beyond the irs? what are you thinking, juan? >> the latest rerealation is that some treasury officials were informed abo...