Did anyone really believe the IRS’ claim that its targeting of conservative groups was isolated to a couple of rogue employees in the understaffed, culturally alienated frontier outpost known as the Cincinnati office? CNN is reporting today that the IRS has identified 88 employees who have documents that might be relevant to the House’s investigation into the agency’s singling out of conservative groups for invasive scrutiny.

So yah that #IRS thing was just a few rogue employees? Yah 88 is way more then a few even using #LIberal mathhttps://t.co/D0ndSssS4x — Marc T Grove (@mtgrove) May 31, 2013

So two dudes in Cincy, right? "@Rare: IRS admits up to 88 employees targeted conservatives http://t.co/sODn2c3nfx" — Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) May 31, 2013

Just a few rogue…oh nevermind. RT @Rare: IRS admits up to 88 employees targeted conservatives http://t.co/DP49s78N4R — Matt Cover (@MattCover) May 31, 2013

BREAKING: WH says all 88 IRS workers who targeted went rogue simultaneously. #AndAreVeryRemorseful ht @amr033: — Razor (@hale_razor) May 31, 2013

At this rate it will be 1,770 by next week. RT @Rare: IRS admits up to 88 employees targeted conservatives http://t.co/vo1P3nnAVv — Robert Howard (@rlh) June 1, 2013

What is in those documents? House investigators don’t know yet, because the IRS missed its deadline in turning over the information.

just getting word President & #IRS will miss bipartisan deadline, no answers in #IRSScandal investigation — Rob Portman (@senrobportman) May 31, 2013

https://twitter.com/kesgardner/status/340607528398376960

#IRS misses deadline to provide answers to Congress. Can't wait to hear their excuse – gonna use it if my tax return is late. #tcot — Good Woman (@gwttds) May 31, 2013

Just change a couple of words in this statement from the IRS and write it on your 1040 next year to buy some extra time.

The IRS and Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel are moving aggressively and taking the data requests very seriously. As a precautionary measure, the IRS is casting a wide net to capture any potentially related materials. Our goal is to be exceedingly thorough during this process to ensure we identify any and all pertinent records.