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TURN OF INVESTIGATION BY THE
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
>> Reporter: IN AN ESCALATING
FIGHT WITH CONGRESSMAN DARRELL
ISSA, WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY JAY CARNEY DECLINED TO
TAKE THE BAIT.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO A
BACK AND FORTH WITH CHAIRMAN
ISSA.
I AM NOT INTERESTED IN A BACK
AND FORTH WITH THE CHAIRMAN.
>> Reporter: SO, WHITE HOUSE
ALLIES ARE SLUGGING ON HIS
BEHALF.
>> FIRST OF ALL, DARRELL ISSA
SHOULD CALL CARNEY AND APOLOGIZE
THIS MORNING.
>> Reporter: ON TWITTER, DAVID
PLOUFFE BROUGHT UP A DECADES-OLD
ACCUSATION OF ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR
BY THE FORMER BUSINESSMAN.
ISSA IS CHAIRMAN OF THE
REPUBLICAN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
HE STARTED THE SPAT ON CNN's
"STATE OF THE UNION" BY CALLING
JAY CARNEY --
>> THEIR PAID LIAR, THEIR
SPOKESPERSON.
HE'S STILL MAKING UP THINGS.
>> Reporter: ISSA CLAIMS CARNEY
MISLED THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IRS
SCANDAL WHEN HE SAID TEA PARTY
TARGETING WAS DRIVEN BY THE
IRS's CINCINNATI OFFICE.
>> APPARENT CONDUCT BY IRS
OFFICIALS IN CINCINNATI.
LYING IRS EMPLOYEES IN
CINCINNATI IMPROPERLY
SCRUTINIZING ORGANIZATIONS.
>> Reporter: THAT'S WHAT THE
IRS's INTERNAL AUDIT FOUND AND
CARNEY SAID IT WAS THE BASIS FOR
HIS REMARKS.
>> THOSE ARE THE FINDINGS OF THE
AUDIT CONDUCTED BY THE
INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR GENERAL,
CORRECT?
THOSE ARE THE FINDINGS, RIGHT?
>> Reporter: NOW A STATEMENT WAS
ISSUED SAYING, NO WITNESSES WHO
HAVE APPEARED BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE HAVE IDENTIFIED ANY
IRS OFFICIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
SO WHERE'S THE FOUL?
ISSA SAYS, HE'S STILL
INTERVIEWING IRS OFFICIALS AND
THE SMOKING GUN IS YET TO COME.
MEANTIME, THE NEW ACTING IRS
COMMISSIONER APPEARING BEFORE
CONGRESS PLEDGED TO REPAIR THE
AGENCY WITH THEIR HELP.
>> WE'RE THE WEAKNESSES AND HOW
DO WE FIX THEM?
IT'S REALLY NOT JUST ME AND THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL.
IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH
CONGRESS.
>> Reporter: WOLF, SENIOR
REPUBLICANS ARE CAUTIONING
DARRELL ISSA TO STAY AWAY FROM
PER
PERSONAL ATTACKS AS THE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE IRS
CONTINUES.
I SHOULD POINT OUT THIS WEEK
CONGRESS WILL BE HOLDING NO
FEWER THAN SIX HEARINGS INTO