sent engelbrecht yet another round of questions. the following month, barack obama swept to a second term. >> the net effect of the irs's par gtargeting of our organization was the limiting of houf how far we could reach and how many people we could engage. >> why do you think the irs behaved in the way it did in. >> because it could. >> on may 10th, 2013, in anticipation of an inspect general report critical of the irs, lois lerner admitted that her agency had indeed inappropriately targeted tea party groups for additional scrutiny. >> i'm glad to hear she spoke the truth. of course they have. what else is this? >> morning, everybody, please have a seat. >> three days later, president obama who insisted that he had first heard about the irs targeting by reading the papers spoke to the press.