President Barack Obama said that he was "angry" at IRS officials who targeted conservative groups for scrutiny, announcing that his administration sought and accepted Steven Miller's resignation as the interim commissioner, NBC News reported.
"I've reviewed the Treasury Department watchdog's report, and the misconduct that it uncovered was inexcusable," Obama said on Wednesday evening. "It's inexcusable, and Americans are right to be angry about it, and I'm angry about it."
The president's remarks came amid news news that two IRS employees who engaged in activities targeting conservative groups faced disciplinary action for their conduct.
Republicans have openly suggested that the Obama administration might have used the IRS to target its political opponents. The administration has received considerable flacks from both sides of the aisle in this scandal, compounded with two other questions regarding the terrorist attacks in Benghazi as well as information that that the Department of Justice seized the news agency, the Associated Press' phone records over two months.
"I'll do everything in my power to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again, by holding the responsible parties accountable, by putting in place new checks and new safeguards, and, going forward, my making sure the law is applied as it should be -in a fair and impartial way," Obama said.
The White House also released copies of emails and other additional supporting documents related to its response to last fall's attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. The emails convey different parts of the administration -- the White House, the State Department, and the CIA -- trading drafts of talking points for use not just by representatives of the administration, but also by members of Congress.
