Rep. Dave Camp also revealed that federal agents conducting an investigation into the Internal Revenue Service's bid to punish Tea Party and conservative critics of the president have yet to talk to a single target of the scandal.
Camp, whose committee is one of several looking into the 2010-2013 scandal, put the blame for the drawn out investigations on Capitol Hill at the president’s feet.
“I don’t fully understand why it’s taken them so long given that the president promised,” Camp said at a media roundtable hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. “He promised that he would have quick action and we still don’t have the documents from an agency that is in this administration.”
Um... the President “promised”? Similar to: “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. Period”? Or: “Proposed bills will be online so the American people can read them before Congress votes.” Maybe this one: “Obamacare deliberations will be televised on C-SPAN.”
Like those kinds of “promises,” Congressman?
His committee has been frustrated with the administration's failure to cough up emails from Lois Lerner, who ran the IRS department that blocked Tea Party groups from winning the typically quick approval of tax exempt status. Lerner was on Capitol Hill Wednesday where she refused to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
“I still don’t have all of her emails. I still don’t have all of the documents that I’ve requested. The administration promised a quick action, and I’m still waiting for her emails,” said Camp, a Michigan Republican. “I need all of those, before I can conclude.”
I think I see your problem. You’re apparently trusting the “promise” of a pathological liar who will say anything to accomplish his goals. The architect of this blatantly illegal and political IRS persecution, Sarah Ingram, visited the White House more than 150 times, and you think the President is going to cooperate with you?
Delusions in DC run deep.
