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the house oversight committee has subpoenaed a top white house adviser, the political director to appear at a hearing over whether he might be doing political campaign activities on white house time which could be a violation of something called the hatch act. the white house has asked darrell issa to withdraw the subpoena saying there aren t any reasons given or evidence presented as to what issa thinks that this director david seamus might have been doing wrong and further the white house top advisers have immunity and seamus will not be testifying. also yesterday, the white house sent a bunch of staffers to issa s office to talk about all of this and they were, shall we say, more than annoyed that issa himself did not show up. for his part, issa says he saw this more as a meeting among staff members and what he really needs to do is question seamus directly. democrats though, including the top democratic on issa s own committee, are calling this ridiculous, false controversy and the
worker replaies i believe so. i believe so. totally not definitivdefinitive. that one isn t. reporter: the top democrat on issa s house overitem committee called his claims reckless saying so far no witnesses who have appeared before the committee have identified any irs official in washington, d.c.. issa says more interviews and transcripts are coming. this is a problem that was coordinated in all likelihood right out of washington headquarters and we re getting to proving it. reporter: but two democratic sources complain issa released the excerpts before making them available to democrats, what they say is supposed to be a bipartisan investigation. the sources tell cnn the excerpts are taken out of context and issa s claim they indicate direction from washington is misleading. they say their impression was the workers were talking about consulting with tax attorney specialists in washington about
are telling congressional investigators about why they targeted conservative groups. republican darrell issa in an exclusive interview on state of the union. as late as last week, administration said there is a few rogue agents when in fact the indication they were directly being ordered from washington. reporter: issa released just partial transcripts citing and ongoing investigation. one worker quotes a supervisor, he told me that washington, d.c. wanted some cases. and when asked about targeting tea party applications and whether those directions emanated from washington, the worker reply, quote, i believe so. i believe so. totally not definitive. that one isn t. reporter: the top democrat on issa s house oversight committee called his claims, quote, reckless saying so far no witnesses who have appeared before the committee have identified any irs official in