White House Counsel Knew Weeks Prior About IRS Plan To Target Conservatives: Was U.S. President Kept in the Dark? (Video)
Two senior aides to President Barack Obama knew in late April about a watchdog report that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service had targeted conservative groups in 2012, Reuters reported.White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was told on April 24 about an upcoming report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration on the IRS practice, which an IRS official apologized for on May 10. The question persists whether this information had never been relayed to the president himself, who said that he learned about the report through the media.
