they apologized so the president needs to start the if and get to the reality that this was a misuse of the office of the internal revenue service, an office i started my career with as a tax lawyer and this is outrageous what our clients have been put through, years of waiting is inappropriate. the inspector general s report which we re hoping to get any day now will say senior irs officials knew this was happening as early as 2011. the initial spin from the irs was it was low-level cincinnati employees and nobody knew. nobody at senior levels. now we find out it s not just cincinnati, it s multicities. washington, d.c. senior irs officials knew and the reports are around may of 2012 that the then commissioner of the irs found out and that the acting the guy who is the acting commissioner found out in may of 2012 so they did know for