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Said to us. they said lois lerner was there. se said nothing about the targeting. days later in a planned, calculated question and answer question disclosed it at a public conference. what the committee smells here is number one contempt for congress, the agency has not been answering honestly. lets say on tuesday the answer is i dont know, on thursday you come into information, what the congress is trying to say the law requires you to call us an come back and say i have that information. when ...

Establish the facts that we do know. based on the report, we know for an 18-month period beginning in spring 2010, irs in the agencys determinations unit employed key word, such as tea party, patriot and 9/12 to target tax exempt status. they were subject to further irs investigation and document requests. irs employees later expanded search to include groups concerned with government spending, debt, taxes, the constitution, the bill of rights or trying to "make america a better place to live." ...

Harder to get to the facts and get to the issue going on here. there is a difference in my mind between stupid mistakes and malicious mistakes. the overwhelming political activities were from far right groups and examiners took a shortcut, which they clearly regret, deeply regret. the report says in black and white on page 7, quote," the determination unit employees stated they con considered the tea party criterion as a shorthand term for all potential political cases." closed quote. these appl...

Page 7 of the i.t. report statsz, all of the individuals stated the criteria were not influenced by any individual or organization outside of the irs. is that correct? >> that is the information we received, correct, sir. >> did you find any evidence of political motivation in the selection of the tax exemption applications? >> we did not, sir. >> mr. miller, during your review of this matter, you indicated when you started it, did you find any evidence of political motivation on the part of emp...

Statement before i take your questions. first and foremost, as acting commissioner i want to apologize on behalf of the internal revenue service for the mistakes we made and poor services we provided. the american public deserve better. partisanship or the perception of partshisanship has no place the irs. it cant even appear to have a role in determining tax exempt status in the organization. i dont believe politics motivated the people engaged in the treasury inspector generals report. i belie...

Processing of cases described in the report and we have implemented changes to make sure this type of thing never happens again. now that it has completed its fact-finding and issued its report management will take appropriate action with respect to those responsible. i would be happy to answer your questions. >> all right. thank you, mr. miller. are you still acting director of the irs? >> i am, sir. >> and were you appointed by the president of the united states. >> no, sir. >> and when was th...

List" that you acknowledge. you have the case of the inspector general already verified. so the question remain, who is responsible for targeting these conservative organizations? >> so again, i think if you look at the tigda report, it answers your question. there are no names in the inspector general another report. >> so im asking you, not only as the acting commissioner but as the deputy commissioner over this organization who is responsible for targeting these individuals? >> sir, i dont ha...

Correct issues in the processing described in the report and implemented changes to make sure this type of thing never happens again. we have completed fact finding and issues a report. we will take appropriate yakz. i will be happy to answer your questions. >> all right. thank you, mr. miller. are you still acting director of the irs? >> i am, sir. >> were you appointed by the president of the united states? >> yes, sir. >> when was that? >> i was designated as acting in november. november of 2...

Someone going to do that? ith called high level organizational report. mr. miller, in 2010, the inappropriate criteria that singled out criteria for tax exempt by name was developed by what office? >> it was developed by an office not on here, but on page two, under louis lerners jurisdiction. >> and where are those employees located? >> for the most part, they are located in cincinnati. about 140 folks do this work in cincinnati. a handful of people around the country report in to cincinnati as...

When dealing with these tax-exempt groups. as we look at this, remember the time frame, 2010 through 2012. that spans two national elections cycles. martha: what were hearing here this morning is the argument from the irs that the reason for all of this was, quote, a lack of leadership, and this idea to target these conservative groups was simply an effort after citizens united to cull through the thousands and thousands of applications that they had for tax-exempt status and that this was simpl...