Former head of the IRS Douglas Shulman made a multitude of visits to the White House during his tenure
Top IRS officials, whose agency was under investigation for targeting conservative groups, visited the Obama White House more than 100 times over two years while the probe was going on, far more often than in previous administrations and frequently enough that Republicans suspect White House officials knew about the targeting.
Lawmakers now investigating the Internal Revenue Service practice zeroed in on those nearly weekly White House meetings to determine whether an IRS official — or someone higher up in the administration — had approved the targeting and whether it was politically motivated.
The frequency of visit casts more doubt on the Obama regime’s claim of non-interference with the IRS
The frequent meetings also raised questions about the White House’s claims that it couldn’t have instigated the targeting of conservative groups because it took a hands-off approach to the tax agency, going so far as to describe it as independent of the administration even though it’s part of the Treasury Department.
The number of visits was unprecedented:
The frequent trips to the White House under Obama far outnumbered the times other administrations felt the need to meet with the IRS, according to Mark Everson, who led the IRS under former President George W. Bush. Everson said he remembers making only one trip to the White House between 2003 and 2007 and said he felt like he’d “moved to Siberia” because of the isolation.
“I fear the IRS is on a slippery slope as regards its traditional independence due to being so intertwined with a major domestic policy initiative like health care reform,” Everson said.
And why did he visit so often?
He can’t remember.
Shulman said he couldn’t remember why he went to the White House so frequently, though some of the visits were probably about the IRS’ role in implementing Obama’s health care reforms, he told a congressional committee. Logs show Shulman met with two West Wing officials working on health care.
Shulman does remember one reason for the visits- the Easter Egg Roll.
Asked why he visited WH 118 times, Former IRS Commish Doug Shulman, cited the Easter Egg Roll as one reason.
118 Easter Egg Rolls. I must have missed them.
I find something else to be very fascinating:
Acting Director Steven Miller, who took over at the IRS in November, also made numerous visits to the White House, though variations in the spelling of his name in White House visitor logs makes it difficult to determine exactly how many times.
Variations in spelling?
Steven Miller?
This is not like spelling Zbigniew Brzezinski or Dzhokhar Anzorovich Tsarnaev.
Steven Miller.
To whom would this represent a challenge? Does White House security not require proper spelling?
What would you do if you wanted to conceal the number of visits you made to the White House?
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