The Archivist of the United States said Tuesday the Internal Revenue Service ?did not follow the law? in losing or destroying key emails related to the agency’s Tea Party scandal.
At the latest hearing that focused on the missing emails of former IRS official Lois Lerner, a key figure in the GOP probe into the agency’s targeting of conservative and Tea Party groups, Archivist David Ferriero said that the tax agency was supposed to notify him of any damage or loss of federal emails.
But, he added, they didn’t, even after they were sent a letter from the National Archives and Records Administration about the issue.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee highlighted the exchange between Ferriero and Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., in a video they just distributed.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
