White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was told on April 24 about an upcoming report by the Treasury's Inspector General for Tax Administration on the IRS practice, for which an IRS official apologized on May 10, triggering the controversy.
Soon after she learned of the report, Ruemmler briefed White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and other senior staff, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters at a briefing.
ACTIVITY HAD ENDED. Carney said any White House intervention prior to completion of the TIGTA probe would have been inappropriate.
"The White House still can't get its story straight," Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner said.
Lois Lerner, chief of the IRS tax-exempt unit, was scheduled to testify on Wednesday to a Republican-controlled investigative committee of the House of Representatives, along with other officials.
Levin is the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes tax law and oversees the IRS. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell's office on Monday drew attention to a Washington Post article that questioned Lerner's statements, including her contention that applications for tax-exempt status by groups had doubled during the time period in question.
At a first congressional hearing on the matter last Friday, Republicans made clear they are looking beyond the IRS. Democratic Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and top committee Republican Orrin Hatch on Monday requested documents on possible White House involvement and sought nearly 300 tax-exempt status applications delayed by the targeting.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-irs/attention-shifts-to-white-house-in-irs-probe-idUSBRE94F10Y20130520
Soon after she learned of the report, Ruemmler briefed White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and other senior staff, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters at a briefing.
ACTIVITY HAD ENDED. Carney said any White House intervention prior to completion of the TIGTA probe would have been inappropriate.
"The White House still can't get its story straight," Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner said.
Lois Lerner, chief of the IRS tax-exempt unit, was scheduled to testify on Wednesday to a Republican-controlled investigative committee of the House of Representatives, along with other officials.
Levin is the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes tax law and oversees the IRS. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell's office on Monday drew attention to a Washington Post article that questioned Lerner's statements, including her contention that applications for tax-exempt status by groups had doubled during the time period in question.
At a first congressional hearing on the matter last Friday, Republicans made clear they are looking beyond the IRS. Democratic Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and top committee Republican Orrin Hatch on Monday requested documents on possible White House involvement and sought nearly 300 tax-exempt status applications delayed by the targeting.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-irs/attention-shifts-to-white-house-in-irs-probe-idUSBRE94F10Y20130520
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