So it was just the Cincinnati IRS office that went after the Tea Party?

[Quixote1818]

The IRS has its headquarters in Washington, D.C. and has 10 service centers in Andover, MA; Holtsville, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; Memphis, TN; Austin, TX; Cincinnati, OH; Fresno, CA; Kansas City, MO; and Ogden, UT).

Not sure why this is such a big scandal if it wasn't a policy sent out to all the offices? It sounds localized. Did I miss something?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/14/politics/gallery/presidential-scandals/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[napi21]

1. C Matthews said on his show tonight that it was originated in DC,

and the Cinci office was the one notified to begin the program.

[onpatrol98]

2. I may be mistaken but...

I think it is not considered localized because the Cincinatti office was THE office responsible for handling these applications. Or, one of the main offices. So, even if your group was in Alabama, perhaps you were still being handled in Cincinatti. It's not that every state was handling its own.

[asjr]

3. Well, in his rush to talk over everyone Chris might have not been listening. That

frequently happens with him.

[Jake Izzy]

4. IRS officials in Washington were involved

"IRS officials at the agency’s Washington headquarters sent queries to conservative groups asking about their donors and other aspects of their operations, while officials in the El Monte and Laguna Niguel offices in California sent similar questionnaires to tea-party-affiliated groups, the documents show."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-denounces-reported-irs-targeting-of-conservative-groups/2013/05/13/a0185644-bbdf-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html

[cherokeeprogressive]

5. Here's a link to the complete IG's Report. It says people in DC were involved as well.

http://documents.latimes.com/inspector-general-report-irs/