@jonathanweisman IRS is not an independent agency. Obama controls its agency head.
Of note, IRS has only 2 political appointees Obama could fire: commissioner, chief counsel. Pres can't touch civil servants in an ind agency
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@S1CT@jonathanweisman That doesn't mean it isn't an independent agency. He has some control like appointment and removal.
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@jonathanweisman Really..hatch actThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jonathanweisman IRS has 2 political appointees Obama can fire: commissioner, chief counsel. Can't touch civil servants in an ind agencyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jonathanweisman@daveweigel Thank you. Incredible how many people think Pres can just fire civil service employees at will.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jonathanweisman could he fire a career a employee in an acting position? -
@EJFoto@jonathanweisman What does acting position mean?
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@jonathanweisman@daveweigel Well I guess that made it easy for the firing decision.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jonathanweisman no one was this outraged when the IRS investigated the NAACP in 2004 in similar fashion. But Bush was President thenThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jonathanweisman@daveweigel they can all be reassigned to a distant field office processing returns; North Andover, MA????Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jonathanweisman Good. So we can prosecute and send them to jail. What they did has to be in criminal statutes.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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So, arrests to follow? MT
@jonathanweisman: IRS has only 2 political appointees Obama could fire: can't touch civil servants in an ind agncyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jonathanweisman But OFA can hire any/all of them.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jonathanweisman @ArielGoldring union will protect them the rest of the wayThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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