asked whether they knew of any political motivation behind the micromanagement, issa's roman candle of a scandal started looking pretty dim. >> based on your own personal experience did you ever receive direction from anyone in the white house concerning your handling of the tea party applications? >> no, sir, i did not. >> do you have any knowledge, personal knowledge of the president digging through, white house dille through other people's tax returns? >> no, i do not have any personal knowledge. >> do you have any knowledge? >> no, sir, i have none. >> do you have any reason to believe that this decision to have the irs chief counsel's office review tea party cases was motivated by political bias? >> no, i do not. >> were any of you intimidated or contacted or influenced in any way, shape or form by the obama campaign committee to do anythi anything, mr. hall? >> no, i was not contacted. >> no, ma'am, i was not.