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CORRESPONDENT DANA BASH WAS
WATCHING IT EVERY STEP OF THE
WAY.
DANA, WHAT HAPPENED?
>> WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT
LAWMAKERS REALLY TRIED TO
CHANNEL THEIR SQUCONSTITUENT
OUTRAGE AND AIM IT AT ONE
PERSON.
HE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
STAR IN AN IRS SPOOF, I KID YOU
NOT, A TAX NO-TAX.
>> MY CALCULATIONS ARE CORRECT,
TOTAL ANARCHY WILL OCCUR IN 111
HOURS.
>> WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
THOSE VIDEOS WERE AT THE TIME
THEY WERE MADE, WERE AN ATTEMPT
TO, WELL-INTENTIONED WAY, USE
HUMOR.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IT'S
EMBARRASSING.
AND I APOLOGIZE.
>> FARRIS FINK IS NOW
COMMISSIONER OF THE IRS DIVISION
THAT HELD A LAVISH $4 MILLION
CONFERENCE IN ANAHEIM,
CALIFORNIA, WHERE PARODY VIDEOS
ESTIMATED TO COST $50,000 WERE
PLAYED.
THE COMMITTEE'S TOP DEMOCRAT WAS
OUTRAGED.
>> I LIVE IN A BLOC WHERE MOST
PEOPLE DON'T EVEN MAKE $50,000 A
YEAR.
YET WE CAN PRODUCE A VIDEO THAT
HAS NO REDEEMING VALUE.
NONE.
>> DURING THE CONFERENCE, FINK,
A 32-YEAR IRS VETERAN, STAYED IN
AN UPGRADED HOTEL SUITE LIKE
THIS.
THE IRS INSPECTOR GENERAL CALLED
THAT INAPPROPRIATE AND OTHER
SPENDING WASTEFUL.
LIKE $17,000 FOR AN ARTIST TO
PAINT CELEBRITIES.
AND $64,000 IN SWAG WE FIRST
SHOWED YOU EARLIER THIS WEEK,
CANVAS BAGS, NOTEBOOKS, EVEN A
PLASTIC SQUIRTING FISH.
>> WHY WOULD PEOPLE GET A
PLASTIC SQUIRTING FISH?
>> I HONESTLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
THE PLASTIC SQUIRTING FISH WAS.
>> THE DIVISION'S SECOND IN
COMMAND ADMITTED HE DIDN'T KNOW
HOW OR WHY MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER
DOLLARS WERE SPENT AT THIS
CONFERENCE.
>> YOU'RE TOTALLY IGNORANT IN --
OF THE EXPENSES?
>> I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE
PLANNING.
>> WHO WAS?
YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
THIS IS WHAT'S SO INFURIATING.
YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
>> LAWMAKERS REPEATEDLY BLASTED
FINK FOR IRS HYPOCRISY.
THE AGENCY THAT REQUIRES
TAXPAYERS TO SAVE RECEIPTS DID
NOT SAVE ITS OWN DOCUMENTS TO
SHOW WHAT IT SPENT AT THE
CONFERENCE.
>> AT THE TIME OF THE
CONFERENCE, THERE WAS NO
GUIDELINES OR REQUIREMENT TO
TRACK COSTS.
>> FIMPG ADMITTED IT ACTUALLY
MAY HAVE COST MILLIONS MORE.
>> COULD IT BE $5 MILLION?
YES OR NO.
>> YES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
COULD IT BE $6 MILLION?
THINK CAREFULLY.
YOU'RE UNDER OATH.
>> YES.
>> COULD IT BE $6 MILLION?
>> THERE'S NO WAY THAT I KNOW
THAT.
>> TWO IRS EMPLOYEES WERE PLACED
ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE THIS
WEEK FOR VIOLATING ETHICS RULES.
THEY SAY BECAUSE THEY ACCEPTED
FREE FOOD AT A PARTY AT ONE OF
THOSE -- AT THE CONFERENCE.
ONE THING THAT WE SHOULD KEEP IN
MIND, WOLF, IS PART OF THE
PROBLEM HERE IS THAT MOST OF
THIS LAVISH SPENDING WAS
COMPLIANT WITH IRS RULES AT THE
TIME.
SINCE, THEY HAVE CHANGED.
BUT REALLY, BECAME CLEAR