do. so again, he made clear what his view of this action, if there was specific deliberate targeting of conservative groups or any groups inappropriately, he would be outraged. he finds the suggestions of that to be outrageous. we cannot and should not prejudge the investigation. what are the consequences of his outrage? how could he possibly say what the consequence will be before we know what the facts are. okay. shouldn t we let the facts be revealed by this independent inspector general report before we make some conclusive judgments about what actions need to be taken. the irs story, you guys are involved with the investigation that could touch the white house and that is a legal violation and its an legal issue that ahead. this involves multiple locations many phones.
this is side show driven by political interests and then mr. carney pleaded innocence involving the irs. it s admitted that it has targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. conservative groups that want a tax exempt status. they have to go to the irs for approval for that. and question about family members that might want to run for office and what conversations and give us your facebook address. all sorts of stuff they had to go through that other people didn t have to go through. they admitted they started a conservative group but they claim it wasn t for political reasons. just a coincidence. we done the know-how it happened. that is why the white house found wiggle room and if they did it and see what the inspector general report when it gets released this week.
notification is appropriate and routine. that is what happened several w. prior to that there was no knowledge here at the white house white house. before i make judgments about or anyone else makes judgments about whether the white house should have known more or others in the administration, we have to find out what exactly happened. that, it s important for us to wait for the inspector general s report which hopefully will be imminent. do you have any concerning it was withheld? we have serious concerns about what has been reported. you saw that reflected in what the president said. it has been reported and we have to make sure the independent review by the inspector general is revealed and we can seas that and if that assess that and what motivations there were and whatever actions were taken and then decide what action is
be something that the white house could do? i think we have to see what the next steps are. obviously, there is significant amount of independence of the irs is obviously as well as the n.i. and we have to wait what the i.a. g.assesses. it s not clear that the senior tax officials about the extra scrutiny groups of 2011 and during the election it was withheld until after the election. should the white house have been informed earlier? my understanding is that when there is a review as there was and is by an inspector general that when the end of that process is nearing and reported is about to be released, a
different. he made clear if t personnel prove to be true, he would find them treajsz and he would expect appropriate action be taken and people be held responsible. he has no tolerance for targeting of specific groups, conservative groups if the reporting is true on this. he would expect action to be taken. this is a matter when it comes to the irs it is under review by the independent inspector general. we have not seen that report. it is our understanding that its release is fairly imminent and once we have it we will assess the next steps. so at this point we have to wait for action by an independent inspector before we can jump to conclusions to what happened, whether there was a deliberate