So does nobody inform the president of anything? It’ll be interesting to hear why White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler chose not to share this info with the president. Yeah, I’m sure she’s got a good excuse:
WASHINGTON TIMES – The White House counsel’s office knew that a Treasury Department inspector general’s report about the IRS targeting conservative groups had been completed in April — weeks before the matter became public.
The New York Timesreported the revelation as news as White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer launched a vigorous defense of the administration in a round of appearances on the Sunday talk shows, reiterating that President Obama knew nothing about the misdeeds within the agency.
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The briefing on the audit for White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler came at about the same time that Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew met with J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, to learn the draft audit was complete, the Times reported.