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Obama's Counsel Told of IRS Audit Findings Weeks Ago
Obama's Counsel Told of IRS Audit Findings Weeks Ago - WSJ.com
By PETER NICHOLAS
Obama's Counsel Told of IRS Audit Findings Weeks Ago - WSJ.com
By PETER NICHOLAS
The White House's chief lawyer learned weeks ago that an audit of the Internal Revenue Service likely would show that agency employees inappropriately targeted conservative groups, a senior White House official said Sunday.
That disclosure has prompted a debate over whether the president should have been notified at that time.
In the week of April 22, the Office of the White House Counsel and its head, Kathryn Ruemmler, were told by Treasury Department attorneys that an inspector general's report was nearing completion, the White House official said. In that conversation, Ms. Ruemmler learned that "a small number of line IRS employees had improperly scrutinized certain organizations by using words like 'tea party' and 'patriot,' " the official said.