FOXNews.com: Hard to believe Obama's claims of ignorance in IRS scandal

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Hard to believe Obama's claims of ignorance in IRS scandal May 20th 2013, 12:59 By Michael Goodwin Published May 20, 2013 New York Post White House dealing with Benghazi, IRS and AP scandals Time to rethink the IRS? IRS scandal: Law 'irrelevant' to White House adviser? The standard police warning about con men applies to politicians, as well: When they tell you something that sounds too good to be true, it usually is. So it goes with the White House claim that it knew nothing — nothing! — about the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service. Of course the White House knew. And we already have the first piece of evidence. The Friday hearing on what amounted to political profiling of anti-Obama groups took a huge step toward demolishing White House efforts to distance itself from the scandal. The agency's inspector general testified that he told his bosses at the Treasury Department in June 2012 about his ongoing audit of public claims that the IRS was engaging in blatantly unfair treatment of conservatives. One of those he told at Treasury was Tim Geithner's top deputy. To believe the deputy, Neal Wolin, didn't tell Geithner about such abuses, in the middle of a presidential campaign no less, is to believe they were all too busy to focus on politics. And to believe that Geithner didn't warn the White House is to believe the IRS agents just made honest mistakes that coincidentally helped the incumbent president. And to believe that nobody told Obama is to be willfully ignorant of human nature — and to be the kind of chump con men and politicians prey on. To continue reading Michael Goodwin's column in the New York Post, click here. Michael Goodwin is a Fox News contributor and New York Post columnist. Michael Goodwin Related Stories AP president calls on Obama to 'rein in' DOJ probe into wire service's records Top Obama adviser stakes out defiant defense on IRS, Benghazi, AP scandals

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