>> that was the point, when i got the letter in january 2012, it didn't smell right there was nothing to do with tax exempt status mitchell first reaction was to say, no, we're not going to give this to you. of course my lawyers are saying, tom, it's the irs, you don't say. no but we wrote back and said we're not going toll you who attended meet examination who spoke. i'll fifth you a calendar. here's the meet examination the topics. and they came back and said that's not good enough. and we came back and said, you're not getting any more, and we sent a letter seeing we refuse to comply. these questions are onerous, intrusive, and politically motivated and we demand you give us or tax exempt status because we do qualify and we'll fight you. >> neil: then what happened? >> well, what happened was we got a little media for that, and congressman jimmy jordan, daryl issa, wrote letters and senator