accidentally received an invitation by senator grassley speaking at the event and it was to pay for his wife to attend. another e-mail to another irs employee lerner allegedly wrote, quote. perhaps we should refer to exam. the other official disagreed saying, quote, not sure we should send to exam. i think the offer to pay for grassley's wife is income to grassley and not prohibited on its face. critics say the e-mails are additional evidence that lerner who was in charge of the agency's tax exempt unit allegedly attempted to target republicans and e-mails are missing and irs say they are not recoverable. grassley calls the new developments troubling and added in part, quote. this kind of thing fuels the deep concerns many people have about the irs. the irs said it could not