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Trey Gowdy: “The most novel of all defenses, that the IRS is too poorly managed to be capable of concocting a scheme this…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2013
The most novel of all defenses, that the IRS is too poorly managed to be capable of concocting a scheme this sophisticated.
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Trey Gowdy
Republican · South Carolina

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Gowdy highlights the absurdity of the IRS's defense regarding improper targeting.

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