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>> every irs manager in my view. >> every irs manager. >> yes. >> every irs. plenty of them could have followed this out. has anyone been reprimanded for e-mails being destroyed, despite the preservation notice? >> in as much as we're finishing our investigation, we have not provided the irs with the results of what we found during our thorough investigation of the matter. >> they know the laurelw relative to the preservation notice. they should know it. >> i believe they do and they'll get our report. >> we don't know of reprimand they've taken. if these instructions would have been taken would more lerner e-mails be available for the investigation? >> i believe there would be. >> that's a fact of the matter. how many potential sources for recovering the e-mails existed for the irs? >> we believe, six. >> namely? >> the hard drive would have been a source. blackberry, source. backup tapes, a source. server drives, a source. the backup tapes for the server drives. finally, the loaner laptops. >> how many of these six did the irs search? >> we're not aware that
>> every irs manager in my view. >> every irs manager. >> yes. >> every irs. plenty of them could have followed this out. has anyone been reprimanded for e-mails being destroyed, despite the preservation notice? >> in as much as we're finishing our investigation, we have not provided the irs with the results of what we found during our thorough investigation of the matter. >> they know the laurelw relative to the preservation notice. they should know it....
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>> every irs manager, in my view. >> every irs manager? >> yes. >> every irs. plenty of them could have followed this out. has anyone been reprimanded for e-mails being destroyed, despite the preservation notice? >> in as much as we're finishing our investigation, we have not provided the irs with the results of what we found during our very thorough investigation of the matter. >> they know the law relative to the preservation notice. they should know it. >> i believe they do, and they'll get our full report. >> we don't know of reprimand they've taken. if these instructions would have been followed, would more lerner e-mails be available for the investigation? >> i believe there would be. >> that's a fact of the matter. how many potential sources for recovering ms. learners e-mails existed for the irs? >> we believe, six. >> namely? >> the hard drive would have been a source. blackberry, source. backup tapes, a source. server drives, a source. the backup tapes for the server drives. and then finally, the loaner laptops. >> how many of these six did the irs se
>> every irs manager, in my view. >> every irs manager? >> yes. >> every irs. plenty of them could have followed this out. has anyone been reprimanded for e-mails being destroyed, despite the preservation notice? >> in as much as we're finishing our investigation, we have not provided the irs with the results of what we found during our very thorough investigation of the matter. >> they know the law relative to the preservation notice. they should know it....
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a irs. i have confidence in commissioner koskinen. thanks for being with us today. in real introduce the second witness as well. inspector general george from the treasury inspector general for that tax administration has been serving since 2004 and has extensive public sector experience including working from the house of representatives on their reform and oversight program for a great deal of respect for you also and for being here today. and we will start with you commissioner koskinen please keep your remarks within five minutes because maple have questions. >> thank you for the opportunity to appear before you with the unauthorized attempts to provide taxpayer data with the online application. it is a top priority for a day irs as a result of decreased funding over the past few years we continue to devote time and attention to this challenge. at the same time criminals can gather to make protecting taxpayers to be challenging and difficult. in the application data approximately 200,000
a irs. i have confidence in commissioner koskinen. thanks for being with us today. in real introduce the second witness as well. inspector general george from the treasury inspector general for that tax administration has been serving since 2004 and has extensive public sector experience including working from the house of representatives on their reform and oversight program for a great deal of respect for you also and for being here today. and we will start with you commissioner koskinen...
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irs the fact that the irs in expanding section 36-b is illegally collecting penalties s from private businesses should ties fro receive more attention.d thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, professor.rs of ms. wydra?ee >> thank you, chairman cruz, ing ranking member coons, and members of the subcommittee for inviting me here to testify before you today. mou i must take issue, i'm afraid, however, with the substantive st today premise of today's hearing. at least as reflected in its title which suggests that the treasury department rewrote the affordable care act when it ensured that tax credits would a be available nationwide to all s. americans who need them.ewriti far from rewriting the statute, i would assert that the treasury department applied the aca according to its text statute design and purpose when it te interpreted the act and made this rule. similarly, i must take issue, i'm afraid, with my esteemed in. colleague, mr. carvin. what you just heard him describe a few moments ago is not how statutory interpretation works. how you heard him describe the affordable care act
irs the fact that the irs in expanding section 36-b is illegally collecting penalties s from private businesses should ties fro receive more attention.d thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, professor.rs of ms. wydra?ee >> thank you, chairman cruz, ing ranking member coons, and members of the subcommittee for inviting me here to testify before you today. mou i must take issue, i'm afraid, however, with the substantive st today premise of today's hearing. at least as reflected in...
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to the congress by the irs. we removed the obvious spam e-mails and additional duplicates that we found during the manual process. if he conclusion of this review, we determined that over 1,000 e-mails that were recovered from backup tapes were not previously provided to congress. using the nalgs of e-mail transaction logs, we estimate that there may still be 23,000 to 24000 e-mails missing. another potential source of e-mail that's i will highlight is the decommission new carolton e-mail server. our agents identified a8 new e-mails not previously produced to congress. the final source i will discuss is the backup tapes for the decommissioned e-mail server. as the ig stated during our investigation, we obtained the 424 backup tapes associated with the decommissioned new carolton e-mail server and it is important to note that server was in operation until approximately may 2011. we determined that 422 of the 424 tapes were degauzed or magnetically erased and, therefore had, no data on them. this was done by irs e
to the congress by the irs. we removed the obvious spam e-mails and additional duplicates that we found during the manual process. if he conclusion of this review, we determined that over 1,000 e-mails that were recovered from backup tapes were not previously provided to congress. using the nalgs of e-mail transaction logs, we estimate that there may still be 23,000 to 24000 e-mails missing. another potential source of e-mail that's i will highlight is the decommission new carolton e-mail...
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the irs ruled which is to have the states establish the exchanges. none can explain why anyone would of thought that most of the states would've done this if they were provided no incentive to do so and they can't claim any incentive other than the subsidies. the idea to have subsidies out there in all 50 states is an imagination made up by the administration. therefore the purpose of the legislative intent is a unilateral imposed and contrary distinction of those in the legislature. it tells us what the limitation is in 36b. we have a section and 1311 that tells us why they impose that and there is no legislative history that contradicts over of those. any legislative material that any judge looked at, there is no purpose to justify the irs provision of the code. i think code. i think the final point i'll make is that the proponents of the act even agree on the rationale behind why the irs provision was okay. you won't see that term of art during anywhere in the irs discussion after the time they did it. this was a post document mention and that is
the irs ruled which is to have the states establish the exchanges. none can explain why anyone would of thought that most of the states would've done this if they were provided no incentive to do so and they can't claim any incentive other than the subsidies. the idea to have subsidies out there in all 50 states is an imagination made up by the administration. therefore the purpose of the legislative intent is a unilateral imposed and contrary distinction of those in the legislature. it tells...
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let me just say with regard to the irs and their process, truth is a defense, and the irs engaged in a process that produced a reasonable result one that did not gut the statute, as the interpretation offered by the aca opponents would do. one that was consistent with the commonly -- with the commonly understood meaning of the statute by those who enacted it at the time. thank you. >> thank you very much. i'd like to thank each of the members of this learned panel. you know, i agree very much with the testimony of mr. carvin, that this is fundamentally about the rule of law. this is fundamentally about the question of whether the federal government can impose billions of dollars of taxes upon millions of americans directly contrary to the text of federal law. it is likewise about whether the federal government can spend billions of dollars explicitly prohibited by federal law. if the answer to both of those questions is yes, if the administration's interpretation is aceded to, it makes the constitutional law making function sirpurfulous. if they direct and spend directly contrary to
let me just say with regard to the irs and their process, truth is a defense, and the irs engaged in a process that produced a reasonable result one that did not gut the statute, as the interpretation offered by the aca opponents would do. one that was consistent with the commonly -- with the commonly understood meaning of the statute by those who enacted it at the time. thank you. >> thank you very much. i'd like to thank each of the members of this learned panel. you know, i agree very...
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the irs continues to try to avoids scrutiny.oday, senator hatch, sense a letter to the department of the treasury after the promulgation of this proposed rule and before it was finalized, disputing the legality of the rule and asking the treasury department to turn over all documents related to the development of this rule and the irs' reasoning behind this rule. the irs and the treasury department have been ignoring that request for 3 1/2 years. the irs is taxing and spending the american people's money without permission from or accountability to congress. the american people need to know how this happened and that begins with transparency. i thank you very much for your time, and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you mr. cannon. professor grewal? >> thank you very much mr. chairman. i suspect if the irs had shown up today, it would tell you that it tried to carefully obey its statutory authority when it issued regulations under section 36-b. i want to explain why that's nearly impossible to believe. at the outset, i'
the irs continues to try to avoids scrutiny.oday, senator hatch, sense a letter to the department of the treasury after the promulgation of this proposed rule and before it was finalized, disputing the legality of the rule and asking the treasury department to turn over all documents related to the development of this rule and the irs' reasoning behind this rule. the irs and the treasury department have been ignoring that request for 3 1/2 years. the irs is taxing and spending the american...
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we took possession of her blackberry shortly after she left the irs in june of 2014. >> so the irs commissionered us there was this dragnet out there looking for all this, they're working hard, thousands of efforts and millions of dollars going out the door but they didn't look at her blackberry? david: unbelievable. was this obstruction of justice meant to hide intent. that is a charge if proved could put somebody in jail or maybe even get a president impeached. it has happened before. we're back with evan thomas, author of "being nix zohn." former "newsweek" editor-at-large. guy benson, townhall.com. evan, terrific book on nixon. unbelievably good book. nixon of course famously used the irs to attack his enemies including left-wing groups. does this mean this president or people in the administration u.s. the irs to a get right-wing groups. >> bobby kennedy tried to audit nixon and nixon to get even. irs resisted that. nixon wanted him to but they didn't. bureaucrats in the irs had scruples in 1970. david: i think irs commissioner at that time recently died was in his '90s. terrific guy. rand
we took possession of her blackberry shortly after she left the irs in june of 2014. >> so the irs commissionered us there was this dragnet out there looking for all this, they're working hard, thousands of efforts and millions of dollars going out the door but they didn't look at her blackberry? david: unbelievable. was this obstruction of justice meant to hide intent. that is a charge if proved could put somebody in jail or maybe even get a president impeached. it has happened before....
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of the irs, the task force which i think is undisputed, drawing up these regs was not just irs people. it was hhs and white house operatives.es.his was so i don't even think they went through the pretense of pretending this was a neutral interpretation of the law. i hasten to add, of course, chevron's inapplicable here any way because the statute is completely unambiguous so there's no opportunity for deference and as justice kennedyory cons pointed out during oral ody, c argument, there's a strong l trea cannon of statutory construction because this body, congress controls the purse, moneys will come out of the federal treasure only if that's done unambiguously. caltcome, i >> thank you, mr. carvin. come i would note if it is, indeed, the case that partisan political operatives in the obama administration instructed career professionals to disregard the law and reach a political outcome, it's not surprising s what that they were afraid to come rh here and testify and explain that that's what occurs and perhaps give some context to whyd. the three witnesses on the first panel chose no
of the irs, the task force which i think is undisputed, drawing up these regs was not just irs people. it was hhs and white house operatives.es.his was so i don't even think they went through the pretense of pretending this was a neutral interpretation of the law. i hasten to add, of course, chevron's inapplicable here any way because the statute is completely unambiguous so there's no opportunity for deference and as justice kennedyory cons pointed out during oral ody, c argument, there's a...
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>> 24,000 potential e-mails that the irs watchdog says had been erased. you can see why republicans on the committee investigating this are so frustrated. there's no question that the erasures according to the irs -- the person investigating this occurred after there was a
>> 24,000 potential e-mails that the irs watchdog says had been erased. you can see why republicans on the committee investigating this are so frustrated. there's no question that the erasures according to the irs -- the person investigating this occurred after there was a
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let me just say with regard to the irs and their process truth is a defense, and the irs engaged in a process that produced a reasonable result one that did not gut the statute, as the interpretation offered by the aca opponents would do. one that was consistent with the commonly -- with the commonly understood meaning of the statute by those who enacted it at the time. thank you. >> thank you very much. i'd like to thank each of the members of this learned panel. you know, i agree very much with the testimony of mr. carvin, that this is fundamentally about the rule of law. this is fundamentally about the question of whether the federal government can impose billions of dollars of taxes upon millions of americans directly contrary to the text of federal law. it is likewise about whether the federal government can spend billions of dollars explicitly prohibited by federal law. if the answer to both of those questions is yes, if the administration's interpretation is aceded to, it makes the constitutional law making function sirpurfulous. if they direct and spend directly contrary to st
let me just say with regard to the irs and their process truth is a defense, and the irs engaged in a process that produced a reasonable result one that did not gut the statute, as the interpretation offered by the aca opponents would do. one that was consistent with the commonly -- with the commonly understood meaning of the statute by those who enacted it at the time. thank you. >> thank you very much. i'd like to thank each of the members of this learned panel. you know, i agree very...
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no voy a poder ir a la universidad, yo pensé, no iba a poder ir a la universidad, pero luego, con másun reto para ti, para demostrarnos a los demás mostrar lo que puedo hacer. >> ariana: sí, es como, es algo que te da más poder, por decirlo así, no me siento menor, no me siento que ellos están arriba de mí, me siento más como, yo estoy luchando por lo que yo quiero, estoy luchando por lo que necesito yo y para que los demás puedan tener esas cosas y enseñándole a los demás, porque yo llegué a esta universidad, yo no sabía que yo tenía una voz y que yo podía salir y decir, yo necesito esto, esto es lo que necesitamos, ¿cómo es que no nos quieren dar nuestra educación? ahora luchamos para eso, luchamos por reforma migratoria, por derechos que nos merecemos porque somos humanos. >> damián: va a recibir bachillerato ¿verdad? ¿pero qué pasa después de eso? porque los dreamers les ayuda para recibir ese bachillerato. ¿qué pasa aquí con la señorita después de esa graduación? >> julia: bueno, pues, ese es parte del dilema ¿verdad? porque si pensara que como cualquier estudiante toma su licenc
no voy a poder ir a la universidad, yo pensé, no iba a poder ir a la universidad, pero luego, con másun reto para ti, para demostrarnos a los demás mostrar lo que puedo hacer. >> ariana: sí, es como, es algo que te da más poder, por decirlo así, no me siento menor, no me siento que ellos están arriba de mí, me siento más como, yo estoy luchando por lo que yo quiero, estoy luchando por lo que necesito yo y para que los demás puedan tener esas cosas y enseñándole a los demás,...
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awaiting the irs news conference.its inception, the da vinci surgical system was nothing more than a fascinating curiosity out of silicon valley. now 15 years later, intuitive surgical publicly traded and undisputed leader in minimally invasive surgery for cardiac procedures, urological. you name it. its ceo is naming it right here. he's going to tell us how the company plans to stay on top in the brand new effort and new study. >>> as we are awaiting the irs commissioner. he's going to tell you how he plans to keep your personal tax information safe. we're going to take you live to the news conference when "countdown" returns. dow jones industrials moving higher. the bull run continues. day two. stay tuned. it begins from the the second we're born.er. after all, healthier doesn't happen all by itself. it needs to be earned... every day... using wellness to keep away illness... and believing that a single life can be made better by millions of others. healthier takes somebody who can power modern health care... by con
awaiting the irs news conference.its inception, the da vinci surgical system was nothing more than a fascinating curiosity out of silicon valley. now 15 years later, intuitive surgical publicly traded and undisputed leader in minimally invasive surgery for cardiac procedures, urological. you name it. its ceo is naming it right here. he's going to tell us how the company plans to stay on top in the brand new effort and new study. >>> as we are awaiting the irs commissioner. he's going...
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miss lerner's irs laptop was more than likely in her office and it stopped communicating with the irs server system. the following monday, june 13th, 2011, miss learner reported that she found her computer inoperable and the malfunction was reported to the irs information technology staff. they dernld the hard drive had crashed and following standard protocol placed a new hard drive in miss lerner's laptop. the hewlett-packard technician will go worked on the laptop for other repairs. when interviewed, both technicians reported they did not note visible damage to the laptop computer itself. because we were unable to locate and examine the hard drives, we do not definitively know why it crashed. on july 19th, 2011, miss learner requested irsit to attempt to recover data from her crashed hard drive to rechief personal information. after receiving the hard drive from the irs technician, an irs criminal investigation technician was unsuccessful in recovering data. irs icht t. management determined additional recovery effort were not warranted. recovered data from miss learner's hard drive
miss lerner's irs laptop was more than likely in her office and it stopped communicating with the irs server system. the following monday, june 13th, 2011, miss learner reported that she found her computer inoperable and the malfunction was reported to the irs information technology staff. they dernld the hard drive had crashed and following standard protocol placed a new hard drive in miss lerner's laptop. the hewlett-packard technician will go worked on the laptop for other repairs. when...
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so it crashes on a saturday at the irs. you know precisely as best you can tell precisely where that is? >> i would guess there is presumably some sort of card reader who tell who was on the floor, who was in the area? did you look at that? >> yes, sir, we did. unfortunately, the vender who had the security contract for that building routinely destroys their proximate card logs after one year period of time. so unfortunately for this investigation, sometime in 2012 the proxy logs were overwritten. >> they were degauzed, is that what happened. they degauzed the card readers? >> the records were not available to us. we looked and were hopeful to get those records. >> because it is a saturday. there rpt going to be many people there i'm guessing. and it just begs the question why? why is this the policy. the whole reason you do the card readers is for access and so you have a record and here we have a serious investigation and those records were degauzed. so it is just so frustrating that way. when will you issue this report?
so it crashes on a saturday at the irs. you know precisely as best you can tell precisely where that is? >> i would guess there is presumably some sort of card reader who tell who was on the floor, who was in the area? did you look at that? >> yes, sir, we did. unfortunately, the vender who had the security contract for that building routinely destroys their proximate card logs after one year period of time. so unfortunately for this investigation, sometime in 2012 the proxy logs...
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. >>> scandal at the irs. word that staffers erased thousands of e-mails related to the tea party scandal and they did it after the government ordered them to save e-mails. >> they destroyed evidence. that's what they did. >> but investigators say this was all just a terrible accident, not a coverup. all of that ahead. this hour, on "shepard smith reporting." >> hellozvi'm greg jarrett in for shep. a huge win for the white house and the millions of americans who rely on tax credits to pay for health insurance. the u.s. supreme court today upholding the nationwide subsidies in probe reb's health care law. the justices ruling the government can hand out tax credits to people in all states, not just those that run their own exchanges. so, bottom line, if you get health insurance through healthcare.gov, you get to keep the subsidies. president obama calling the ruling a quote victory for hard working americans. the president says, had the court decided otherwise millions of americans would not have been able to af
. >>> scandal at the irs. word that staffers erased thousands of e-mails related to the tea party scandal and they did it after the government ordered them to save e-mails. >> they destroyed evidence. that's what they did. >> but investigators say this was all just a terrible accident, not a coverup. all of that ahead. this hour, on "shepard smith reporting." >> hellozvi'm greg jarrett in for shep. a huge win for the white house and the millions of americans...
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targeted by the irs. the fbi did not ask them a question. you're the president of the united states in an interview on the super bowl sunday say there is not even a smidgen of corruption here. how did he come to that conclusion? the department of justice had not come we did its report. the inspector general has not completed his report. i do not think there is anything signaling to his political allies this is the conclusion we're going to have. that is not what congress is going to do. we will let the facts dictate the response and the next step is hearing from the inspector general. matt: wondering what you think needs to happen with secret service. rep. chaffetz: we have had scandal after scandal. deep-seated cultural problem. a lack of leadership within the secret service. he difficult ship to turn around . in no failed mission for the secret service. we have had multiple mistakes. i think the president and country has gotten lucky to this point. we have thousands of good people honorably and patrioti
targeted by the irs. the fbi did not ask them a question. you're the president of the united states in an interview on the super bowl sunday say there is not even a smidgen of corruption here. how did he come to that conclusion? the department of justice had not come we did its report. the inspector general has not completed his report. i do not think there is anything signaling to his political allies this is the conclusion we're going to have. that is not what congress is going to do. we will...
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not the irs, no, no not the irs, we can't have that. only one person can testify mr. coskin. how wrong he is. i appreciate you being here but i should not have to issue a subpoena to get your presence here. you've dealt with this for year s s. we had to issue a subpoena. when we sent a letter asking for information, anywhere between 2 and 8 different examples we wanted information, department of justice at least they sent us a letter, at least they gave us something. it was terribly incomplete the irs no letter, nothing. we sent a request to you, i sent a subpoena to you. you give us nothing? these other four did. i'm telling you, we will drag the irs up here, every single week if we have to. you are going to respond to the united states congress. you are going to respond to the american people you work for the american people. you know what if it was the other way around if the irs went after an individual, you wouldn't put up with it. there's no way you would put up with this. we expect you to respond to requests from the united states congress 37 we have a right to see it.
not the irs, no, no not the irs, we can't have that. only one person can testify mr. coskin. how wrong he is. i appreciate you being here but i should not have to issue a subpoena to get your presence here. you've dealt with this for year s s. we had to issue a subpoena. when we sent a letter asking for information, anywhere between 2 and 8 different examples we wanted information, department of justice at least they sent us a letter, at least they gave us something. it was terribly incomplete...
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people say it's just the irs, it's politics.ndard and it's completely wrong. >> sascha has there been some accountability here? >> when the first report came out a lot of the leadership at the irs was forced to resign. depending on what happens here that may happen again and rightly so if as it seems, there is wrongdoing although you can't underestimate bureaucratic incompetence. so whether or not it was incompetence or something nor nefarious, they have said no one outside of the irs or we should say no one in the white house, is what the point is had any knowledge of this. >> gary b. -- >> how do we know? >> i'm doing my taxes next april 15th. and all of a sudden i get an audit and i'm, like well, you know i just don't have that stuff. >> the fact of the matter is a lot of people do do that. and i am actually not surprised. this is human nature. you're caught red-handed. you're going to try to it up. we had a president of the united states lie on oath to the public and he was not impeached. if we're willing to tolerate that i
people say it's just the irs, it's politics.ndard and it's completely wrong. >> sascha has there been some accountability here? >> when the first report came out a lot of the leadership at the irs was forced to resign. depending on what happens here that may happen again and rightly so if as it seems, there is wrongdoing although you can't underestimate bureaucratic incompetence. so whether or not it was incompetence or something nor nefarious, they have said no one outside of the...
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that in just minutes from now, the irs, the internal revenue service is expected to announce plan to keep your personal tax information safe from cybercriminals. in the wake of that massive breach of taxpayer information back in may, irs comish john koskinen is expected to announce an agreement with state tax preparation companies and tax officials preventing fraudulent tax refunds and adding identity fraud protections. you need to hear this. in late may, the irs reveals more than 100,000 taxpayers had tax return data stolen from the agency. that number could be a lot bigger, we're thinking it is. today's announcement after the government admitted just last week that four million current and former employees had personal information stolen in a different breach, it's called the largest government data breach in history from the office of personnel management. we are live for you in washington, d.c. for the announcement of the plan to
that in just minutes from now, the irs, the internal revenue service is expected to announce plan to keep your personal tax information safe from cybercriminals. in the wake of that massive breach of taxpayer information back in may, irs comish john koskinen is expected to announce an agreement with state tax preparation companies and tax officials preventing fraudulent tax refunds and adding identity fraud protections. you need to hear this. in late may, the irs reveals more than 100,000...
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>> i can't speak for the entire irs. i mean that would be a question for chief council or the commissioner. i can speak for the disclosure office and the foia process. we do not interact with the white house. >> so if you get a subpoena from me and the oversight committee you don't share that with the white house? >> the fact that it exists yeah, we may share the information we got the subpoena or the fact we're working on a subpoena. but the actual documents that are being produced for the subpoena -- >> yeah. >> we would produce those documents and redact them for 6103. again, that might involve chief council -- >> what percentage of those do you share with the white house? >> what percentage do i share with the white house would be zero. >> within the irs you do not share those to the best of your knowledge -- >> to the best of my knowledge the disclosure office does not consult the white house. >> the white house told you you're supposed to do it. the white house directed you to do that. are you telling us you didn't
>> i can't speak for the entire irs. i mean that would be a question for chief council or the commissioner. i can speak for the disclosure office and the foia process. we do not interact with the white house. >> so if you get a subpoena from me and the oversight committee you don't share that with the white house? >> the fact that it exists yeah, we may share the information we got the subpoena or the fact we're working on a subpoena. but the actual documents that are being...
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silvia: sÍ, le pedía permiso para ir al baÑo, ir a comer, salir a trabajar. ya no.ados. la tendencia es los medios 70 toda la semana - mas informacion... en noticias deja atrás ese bloqueador solar pegajoso. nuevo neutrogena cooldry sport. la tecnología micromesh permite que el sudor se evapore. para una sensación liviana en la piel, mientras que la poderosa protección se queda. nuevo cooldry sport. neutrogena. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ luis:sandy, lo mandamos tranquilito. johnny: todo lo que dicen es mentira, anoche "me pongo de pie", estuvo encendido, vamos a ver el resumen que nos preparÓ addis. addis: este domingo me pongo de pie arrancÓ con la presencia de yuri, que despuÉs pasÓ a la tribuna de ana toroja; el primero en actuar fue el pequeÑo max. >> muy emocionado por el primer lugar. addis: las haash, lograron los puntos. >> podÍa cantarle a alguien bien famosa, y que, es la primera vez. addis: tocÓ el turno al equipo de noel. juan pablo logra 101,, en cambio la familia monsivÁis logrÓ sólo 68. su sensualidad de jean carlos canela sonÓ mucho mÁs que bajito, to google. -llegÓ el
silvia: sÍ, le pedía permiso para ir al baÑo, ir a comer, salir a trabajar. ya no.ados. la tendencia es los medios 70 toda la semana - mas informacion... en noticias deja atrás ese bloqueador solar pegajoso. nuevo neutrogena cooldry sport. la tecnología micromesh permite que el sudor se evapore. para una sensación liviana en la piel, mientras que la poderosa protección se queda. nuevo cooldry sport. neutrogena. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ luis:sandy, lo mandamos tranquilito. johnny: todo lo que...
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silvia: sÍ, le pedía permiso para ir al baÑo, ir a comer, salir a trabajar. ya no.ta por la respuesta que ha tenido. me encanta su dualidad, obviamente no es un villano que va por la vida, soy mala, alÉjate de mÍ porque soy bien mala, no, virginia obviamente es un hipÓcrita, entonces va por la vida ante el mundo, hasta ahorita, todo el mundo lo ha detectado quiÉn es realmente virginia mÁs que la gente que estÁ tras cámara, pero me encanta eso, que va por la vida siendo una mosquita muerta, una niÑa sensible, tierna, frÁgil, dÉbil, y es todo lo contrario, totalmente todo lo contrario, entonces es lo que mÁs disfruto, la verdad. me encantÓ, de repente me hacen mucho la pregunta, que quÉ miedo casi casi, si te preocupa, creo que es la tercera novela que he hecho con Él, y me parece una persona tan educada, tan entregada a su trabajo, yo le digo que es un lindo gatito, por quÉ la gente tiene una imagen tuya tan fuerte cuando eres un lindo gatito. verÓnica: es verdad, lo voy a defender, sergio cendel es un di paso, pero tiene cara de malo natural. luis: que me dices de g
silvia: sÍ, le pedía permiso para ir al baÑo, ir a comer, salir a trabajar. ya no.ta por la respuesta que ha tenido. me encanta su dualidad, obviamente no es un villano que va por la vida, soy mala, alÉjate de mÍ porque soy bien mala, no, virginia obviamente es un hipÓcrita, entonces va por la vida ante el mundo, hasta ahorita, todo el mundo lo ha detectado quiÉn es realmente virginia mÁs que la gente que estÁ tras cámara, pero me encanta eso, que va por la vida siendo una mosquita...
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contacted the irs immediately. returned the check. i thought that would be the end of it. >> reporter: it wasn't. another check, this one for 48 hon dollars arrived -- 4800 arrived later. >> okay. is this the last check? contacted the irs. let them know. they assured me they receiveload my documentation. identity -- received all my identity. . >> reporter: the money kept coming. . >> received another $36,000 check. >> reporter: while his case seems unusual identity theft is not. they say while he can't comment on this case preventing fraudulent returns is a priority. >> we are doing the best we can to protect and use filters to make sure -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: between 2011 and 2014 the irs stopped 19 million suspicious returns. but this it did not catch his. >> the irs says we are not going to take action till you file your tax return. i can't file till the fall. >> reporter: they worry the thieve's trail will be cold by then. his message to the irs -- >> please help. >> reporter: he returned all three checks. but he has no
contacted the irs immediately. returned the check. i thought that would be the end of it. >> reporter: it wasn't. another check, this one for 48 hon dollars arrived -- 4800 arrived later. >> okay. is this the last check? contacted the irs. let them know. they assured me they receiveload my documentation. identity -- received all my identity. . >> reporter: the money kept coming. . >> received another $36,000 check. >> reporter: while his case seems unusual identity...
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the irs is simply ignoring the law.tracting officers don't bother to check the contractor to find this out. the inspector general says look guys, this is the law. how are you not doing this? the answer was the guidance is too confusing and we didn't understand it imagine trying that as a taxpayer on the irs. >> $18 million. do you have any idea how many tuitions we could pay young people. build a couple high schools in my hometown for that incredible. >> this is the inspector general's point when they lead off the report, look, when you have people who are tax cheats or in tax arrears, that disrupts the whole system. and then giving them federal contracts giving them taxpayer money when they aren't paying taxes that sends a bad signal to everybody about tax compliance. be careful about that. >> you have got even al sharpton about $5 million for the "new york times" could do a lot. >> the one thing that the inspector general has found one of these employees who had felony rq haven't been able able to get it through. >> h
the irs is simply ignoring the law.tracting officers don't bother to check the contractor to find this out. the inspector general says look guys, this is the law. how are you not doing this? the answer was the guidance is too confusing and we didn't understand it imagine trying that as a taxpayer on the irs. >> $18 million. do you have any idea how many tuitions we could pay young people. build a couple high schools in my hometown for that incredible. >> this is the inspector...
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each of us will be making substantive >> and this irs matter isn't the trade and re-authorizati irs, amin. what are some of the protections that the irs is going for? >> this is about protecting in taxpayers. the irs is calling this a new era of cooperation betweenftp individual taxpayer'rf technical item a real taxpayer out there in the universe. the e hack attack using the irs's only website, tyler. >> amin there's a big trade vote in the house that's scheduled for tomorrow and actually preside seems to be on the same side as the gop. what can we expect there? the trade promotion authority vote they're expecting in the house tomorrow. it will be close up there. there's a lot of cross cuttin a push that might come to the vote befores likely to pass talk to me this time tomorrow and we'll see where we stand. the tr deals are increase willing i controversial with people saying they're killing american jobs and exporting jobs overseas. trade makes strange let's talk about the export/import yeah, the senate is expected to move on it. critics there called the export/import bank crony cap
each of us will be making substantive >> and this irs matter isn't the trade and re-authorizati irs, amin. what are some of the protections that the irs is going for? >> this is about protecting in taxpayers. the irs is calling this a new era of cooperation betweenftp individual taxpayer'rf technical item a real taxpayer out there in the universe. the e hack attack using the irs's only website, tyler. >> amin there's a big trade vote in the house that's scheduled for tomorrow...
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and democrats largely criticized irs at the time.committee's top democrat says this investigation into lois lerner has gone on too long, found nothing and cost too much money. >> this investigation has squandered tens of millions of taxpayer dollars in a failed scavanger hunt for any possible evidence to support republican accusations against lois lerner the irs and the white house. >> reporter: republicans say there are still tens of thousands of lerner emails left unrecovered, the irs erased knowing it should have preserved them. that is alone worth looking into. bill: more headlines as we get them. rich edson in washington. martha: hillary clinton now leading all republican rivals in the race for the white house except one. a new "fox news poll" shows that she and jeb bush are tied at 43% of the vote if the two were to go head-to-head in 2016. marco rubio just one point behind clinton in a hypothetical matchup. to look at some brand new fox news polls we have out, bret baier host of "special report." bret it goes without saying if
and democrats largely criticized irs at the time.committee's top democrat says this investigation into lois lerner has gone on too long, found nothing and cost too much money. >> this investigation has squandered tens of millions of taxpayer dollars in a failed scavanger hunt for any possible evidence to support republican accusations against lois lerner the irs and the white house. >> reporter: republicans say there are still tens of thousands of lerner emails left unrecovered, the...
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i also have a irs. i also have a question about the 19 recommendations that were made in only eight were implemented. what were doing for years is security is a high priority for us. it's based on information stolen elsewhere and you file a false return and we know that the difficult situation for taxpayers. if that happens to a taxpayer they get prompt response from us they've noticed that we work closely with these agencies and we value their opinion. we've asked them to look at our system and make sure they are breached. we get being over 1 billion times a a billion times a year. we are not under any illusions that we are not at risk. we spend as much time and effort and resources as we can focused on that. anytime we make a change in a system, anytime we anytime we make a change in an application and look at the security aspects of it as inspector general said we are trying to provide better taxpayer service. we did not answer the phones at anything like the rate we would like to have. we had 23 mil
i also have a irs. i also have a question about the 19 recommendations that were made in only eight were implemented. what were doing for years is security is a high priority for us. it's based on information stolen elsewhere and you file a false return and we know that the difficult situation for taxpayers. if that happens to a taxpayer they get prompt response from us they've noticed that we work closely with these agencies and we value their opinion. we've asked them to look at our system...
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. >> was that unusual for the irs to do,? >> i see the irs as an ongoing basis. when we have surges of work. >> it's not unusual for them to put together a special team. >> it's not unusual for us to gather together resources that are going to be focused -- >> are they called special teams. i'm using the words you -- >> if i gave you the impression there was a title called special team, that's probably not true. >> i'm using what you said special project team. >> it was a project team put together. >> okay. and who was on that team? >> my first hand knowledge of that is none. >> you can't tell us who is on it? >> i can't tell you who it was on, no. it was made up mostly of chief counsel, their attorneys they pulled them offline to work on them. we took resources that were familiar -- >> let me stop you there. you mentioned chief counsel. was the chief counsel at the internal revenue service part of the team after it became known there was targeting going on two years ago. >> i have no personal knowledge. you would have to ask him or the commissioner that. >> we'l
. >> was that unusual for the irs to do,? >> i see the irs as an ongoing basis. when we have surges of work. >> it's not unusual for them to put together a special team. >> it's not unusual for us to gather together resources that are going to be focused -- >> are they called special teams. i'm using the words you -- >> if i gave you the impression there was a title called special team, that's probably not true. >> i'm using what you said special...
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not the irs, no, no not the irs, we can't have that. only one person can testify mr. coskin. how wrong he is. i appreciate you being here but i should not have to issue a subpoena to get your presence here. you've dealt with this for year s s. we had to issue a subpoena. when we sent a letter asking for information, anywhere between 2 and 8 different examples we wanted information, department of justice at least they sent us a letter, at least they gave us something. it was terribly incomplete the irs no letter, nothing. we sent a request to you, i sent a subpoena to you. you give us nothing? these other four did. i'm telling you, we will drag the irs up here, every single week if we have to. you are going to respond to the united states congress. you are going to respond to the american people you work for the american people. you know what if it was the other way around if the irs went after an individual, you wouldn't put up with it. there's no way you would put up with this. we expect you to respond to requests from the united states congress 37 we have a right to see it.
not the irs, no, no not the irs, we can't have that. only one person can testify mr. coskin. how wrong he is. i appreciate you being here but i should not have to issue a subpoena to get your presence here. you've dealt with this for year s s. we had to issue a subpoena. when we sent a letter asking for information, anywhere between 2 and 8 different examples we wanted information, department of justice at least they sent us a letter, at least they gave us something. it was terribly incomplete...
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here's the deal, yes, it is a problem for the ir irs. windows xp was released way back october 25th 2001 and in the intervening years, microsoft has come out with all kinds of software. november 2006, windows vista. windows seven. then windows eight. about 13 months ago, the company said, you know what, eol for windows xp. end of life. we won't support it anymore. did the irs do anything about it? no, they have not. putting us all at risk and our personal data. >> what are they saying about this? >> john, the irs commissioner telling congress recently, in regard to software, we still have applications that were running when john f. kennedy was president. it's important to point out that the irs is the world's biggest accounting business. and it's bad to run with outdated equipment. it's your fault, congress. you didn't give us enough money. we're angry about that. you and i melissa and every other taxpayer out there should be lived about the fact that they're not updating this software. (?) not doing what they can to protect us from the
here's the deal, yes, it is a problem for the ir irs. windows xp was released way back october 25th 2001 and in the intervening years, microsoft has come out with all kinds of software. november 2006, windows vista. windows seven. then windows eight. about 13 months ago, the company said, you know what, eol for windows xp. end of life. we won't support it anymore. did the irs do anything about it? no, they have not. putting us all at risk and our personal data. >> what are they saying...