When the IRS scandal broke in the spring of 2013, President Obama accepted the resignation of the acting IRS commissioner and said he was “angry” at the targeting of conservative groups.
“Americans have a right to be angry about it, and I’m angry about it,” Mr. Obama said at the White House, calling the agency’s actions “inexcusable.”
“It should not matter what political stripe you’re from. The fact of the matter is, the IRS has to operate with absolute integrity,” the president said.
At the time, he pledged to work “hand in hand” with Congress as it investigated, and vowed to enact new safeguards so that “this doesn’t happen again.”
But two years later, on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Mr. Obama essentially said the scandal never happened. He blamed Congress for passing “a crummy law” that didn’t provide federal employees with enough guidance. He said the IRS acted “poorly” and “stupidly.”
The White House said it had no comment Friday afternoon on the report that the IRS hadn’t broken any laws.
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• Dave Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.
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