congress have known more? were they repeatedly misinformed? look at this exchange questioning going on in march of 2012. watch. we ve seen some recent press allegations that the irs is targeting certain tea party groups across the country, requesting what have been described as onerous document requests, delaying approval for tax exempt status. can you give us assurances that the irs is not targeting particular groups based on political leanings? let me start by saying, yes, i can give you assurances. as you know, we pride ourselves on being a nonpolitical, nonpartisan organization. there s absolutely no targeting. now that s not true. there s not evidence that mr. schulman did know at that point. why was congress repeatedly misinformed? we learned congress was informed. congressman issa, who requested
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and, of course, the acting commission sir a career civil servants. the other question is should congress have been warned? receiptedly misinformed? look at this exchange questioning going on in march of 2012. watch. we ve seen some recent press allegations that the irs is targeting certain tea party groups across the country, requesting what have been described as onerous document requests, delaying approval for tax exempt status. can you give us assurances that the irs is not targeting particular groups based on political leanings? let me start by saying, yes, i can give you assurances. as you know, we pride ourselves on being a nonpolitical, nonpartisan organization. there s absolutely no targeting. now that s not true. there s not evidence that mr. schulman did know at that point. why was congress repeatedly
2012. in march of 2012, the irs imhitioner commissioner went before congress and testified this way. you can give us assurance that the sirs not targeting particular groups based on political leans? first of all i can say yes, can i can give you assurances. as you know we pride ourselves on being a nonpolitical, nonpartisan organization. and so what s been happening has been the normal back and forth that happens with the irs. there is absolutely no targeting. this is the back and forth that happens when people apply to 501 c 4 status. megyn: that was not true. that is absolutely not true. now, we don t know for sure whether he had knowledge that what he was testifying to was untrue but it wasn t true. the ig concludes that irs management has been, quote: ineffective. provided, quote: insufficient oversight and has exposed the irs to potential lawsuits. of the nine recommendations
conservative groups, despite being questioned about the practice last year. here is the former irs commissioner, doug shulman, assuring a congressional committee that such a thing could not possibly happen. we pride ourselves on being a nonpolitical, nonpartisan organization there is absolutely no targeting. this is the kind of back and forth that happens when people apply for 501 c 4 status. yet here we are, investigating whether the urs did indeed target tea party groups. kevin yoder on capitol hill this morning. welcome, congressman. thanks for having me on the show this morning. you are in kansas city this morning, not washington. apologize. first question. do you think mr. shulman was lying? or just didn t know? well, that s a very good question. we don t know what mr. shulman knew. i had a chance to ask him questions before the committee,
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