E employees for tax exempt status. According to a 2013 letter to this committee this would be back when he were still there, the Internal Revenue service went to extraordinary length to cooperate with congress. The letter explains that the irs quote, protects the taxpayers specific information in them as required by law. Is that correct and if so, did you have a role in setting up that process . I had a role in advising and helping the people who were engaged in that process. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, i would ask unanimous consent to enter this august 2nd, 2013 letter into the record. That objection, so recorded. When the irs set up the process, what was the goal . The goal was to get as much informi information as much as the four different committees to get them what they needed in order to get them to conduct their investigations and do it with care and as quickly as we could. There appeared to be a lot of confusion about why the irs does d not discover the lost emails earlier. Lets
Protection of the fraud and abuse within the irs. Pretty big distinction. So let go down with some of those poiwers because the fbi i involved in criminal investigations and the Inspector General is involved in internal investigations. The Inspector General does not have the act to compel people to testify outside the irs is that correct. I believe thats correct. The fbi does, correct . Yes. Yes. So when the Inspector General undertakes an investigation of the irs, they are only going to be able to interview the people who are there. If theres somebody outside the irs who may have been involved or have information, the Inspector General falls short. They cant even do that with vo Inspector General. The ig doesnt have the ability to arrest people. I wasnt to be helpself. Ms. Oconnor you know the basic things. The five things i ask you will be simple. The ig cannot go arrest someone, right . Trust what youre say bug i havent reviewed the ig act. We both know the fbi can, correct. Yes. Ex