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Saturday, August 03, 2013

Issa Subpoenas Treasury For IRS Documents, Accuses Agency Of Obstructing Probe

A top Republican lawmaker on Friday subpoenaed the Treasury Department for documents pertaining to the IRS targeting scandal, after accusing the head of the tax-collection agency of obstructing congressional investigations.

During a tense hearing on Capitol Hill held shortly before lawmakers headed out for summer recess, acting IRS chief Danny Werfel weathered tough questioning from Republicans including Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Soooo, 70,000 pages are blacked out to protect taxpayer information, yet in the courtroom next door, all of the taxpayers' emails, phone calls internet browsings and credit card purchases and banking information is being collected and searched through every second.

I get it.