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Out proceedings over a trumped-up scandal that aims to undermine president obama's credibility. this sacrifice is stunning. joining me today, retired u.s. army captain and an msnbc contributor and best-selling author wes moore, senior political reporter at politico, maggie haberman, and ben smith and joining us from chicago is former senior adviser to president obama, director of the university of chicago institute of politics and msnbc political analyst, david axelrod. thanks for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> i was believe as probably was made evident in that little open of mine. tha...

About this, which doesn't necessarily implicate the president, but does as ron fournier suggest challenges one's competence and credibility. sowing the seeds of doubt, if you will. >> i think that what they were dealing with, was anç inspecto general's report. by the way. one of the things that i just going back to your lead-in. that i find hard to understand is they have the testimony and report of inspector general, who assertsed that he didn't believe there was political motivation or that this was a directed kind of activity from the top. so when i hear senator mcconnell say it's obvious...

Covering up, or in solved -- i'm sorry, involved in the i.r.s. targeting of conservative groups 37%, said the administration knew about it or didn't initiate. 29% says they were behind the operations. that is 66%, two-thirds of americans think the administration at least knew about it. >> correct. and the question is, knew about it when? and knew about it how? this is the thing, when it comes to targeting these groups there is a suspicion, and i think this. byes way, extends across political lines. that is the real danger here. that's why from a washington insider point of view the polls are e...

Controversy to tell you about in the i.r.s. political profiling scandal as the official this charge of the tax exempt unit tells congress she will not answer any of their questions at the same time insisting she is innocent. >> i have not done anything wrong. i have not broken any laws. i have not violated any i.r.s. rules or regulations, and i have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee. jon: well, how all of this is going over with lawmakers, plus what they have learned from other hearings investigating the matter. senator orrin hatch weighs in. ♪

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