IRS Agent Elizabeth Hofacre told investigators that officials in Washington knew two rogue agents were not to blame for the targeting of conservatives. Too many safeguards were in place. It would have been impossible for local agents in Cincinnati to pull off such a plan…

And yet the Obama Administration used this bogus excuse for weeks.

The IRS targeted hundreds of conservative groups since 2010. 500 conservative and Christian groups were illegally targeted by the Obama IRS starting in 2010. For twenty-seven months the Obama IRS refused to approve any Tea Party applications for tax-exempt status. At the same time the Obama IRS approved dozens of progressive applications within weeks.

The Hill has more on Hofacre’s testimony: