engaged in the kind of practices that have been reported on and were intentionally targeting conservative groups then that's outrageous. >> and a day later attorney general eric holder announced he'd ordered a justice department probe into the irs abuses. >> but we are examining the facts to see if there were criminal violations. >> the defense generally from the irs has been we're not malevolent malevolent, we're just incompetent. >> i sleep a lot better thinking that. >> in january 2014, the department of justice made it known that though its investigation has not been completed there were no plans to file criminal charges over the irs scrutiny of conservative groups. president obama had this to say to fox's bill o'reilly during their super bowl sunday conversation. >> you're saying no corruption, none? >> there were some bonehead decisions. >> bonehead decisions but no mass corruption.