IRS Hiring Funds Diverted to Fund Conferences
A top House investigator on Thursday tied lavish, multi-million-dollar conferences held by the Internal Revenue Service to an ongoing scandal over the agency discriminating against conservative groups.
A top House investigator on Thursday tied lavish, multi-million-dollar conferences held by the Internal Revenue Service to an ongoing scandal over the agency discriminating against conservative groups.
David Plouffe responded on Sunday to statements House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) made on CNN’s “State of the Union,” where he called White House spokesman Jay Carney a “paid liar.”
The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the State Department on Tuesday for all “documents and communications” related to a series of White House talking points on the Sept. 11, 2011 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
Embattled IRS employee Lois Lerner waived her right to Fifth Amendment protections by presenting an opening statement, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) said on Thursday.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) has asked the two top officials on the State Department’s embattled Benghazi Accountability Review (ARB) Board to appear for an interview with investigators ahead of a public hearing focusing on the ARB’s alleged failures.
One of the nation’s most powerful Democrats has joined Republicans in demanding that President Barack Obama’s labor nominee Tom Perez comply with an Oversight Committee investigation into allegations that he dodged transparency laws.
A Minnesota pastor who blew the whistle on a multi-million dollar fraud testified before Congress about the federal authorities who allegedly threw out the case for political purposes.