freak out. they become deeply alarmed when it is done in the wrong way. president if he wishes to get beyond these scandals that are plaguing his administration, the president should be suspending people. he should be lowering the boom now in a previous e preventative measure so to make sure this isn t persisting and the inspector general s report on the basis of on what the agency has apologized for should be enough to start suspending folks and bring the real presidential crackdown. acted in the carney didn t want to do that today was telling. megyn: before i let you go it was carney and eric holder, wear talking about how supportive the president has been and eric holder has been of reporter shield laws, the president as a senator and for some time the eric holder i supported the
saying it s so, they ve been doing what you said. you smelled a rat. you knew they were up to no good. let me start with you, jay and tell us why and how. first of all mark levin s organization, landmark legal, did a great job getting the inspector general report started. he got the report started and he s done a great job and i appreciate what mark s done. i want to pet an end to a myth. this letter is from the washington, d.c. office of the internal revenue service involving one of our clients in albuquerque, signed but not just an agent but a tax law specialist who is a lawyer with the internal revenue service. the notion this is some limited low-level staff that s over with. this is out of washington, d.c. the narrative that the administration s putting forward and jay carney keeps talking about, it s not an if, they have apologized for it, which by the way the apology is not accepted.
absolutely? we found out about this, counsel was notified about this investigation of this activity, potential activity very broadly just a few weeks ago. beyond that, we learn about everything we know about this from what we see in your report. that is why we have to wait for the inspector general s report before we can assess based on that and what it tells us what we know and about what happened and what didn t and what action should be taken and then decide on what next steps should be taken. again, we ll have to see what the report includes and what else needs to be done to find out if necessary what happened. the reports that true there wasa knowing effort to target specific organizations as reported, conservative
i am certainly not aware of and confident that no one here was involved in this. we found out about just a few weeks ago and when i say we, the white house council s office found out the review being conducted and conclusion by the inspector general. what give you the confidence? i feel confident in that the facts. mistake i had at certification you are confident you are the one that actually put it out there. again, you heard the president express his view. we re going to wait until we see the facts based on the inspector general s review and make judgments about those facts and what next step might be taken and by whom and what actions might be taken. i m not going to get into any more details. i wanted to follow-up on a
we have not independently collected information about what transpired. we need the independent inspector general s report before be released before we can make judgment. one person s view and what that individual did is not enough for something to say something concretely happened. what has been said, you know, the actions were inadverted enter or not or constituted something that was specific or not. i think what we have to do responsibly is wait for the inspector general s report to be released. if you look at what the president said yesterday he was very clear if there was deliberate, specific targeting of group groups that would be outrageous and would require action to be taken. and that action, would there