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CNN: IRS Excuses Don't Pass 'Smell Test'

The Washington Post’s Nia-Malika Henderson and CNN’s Peter Hamby slammed the IRS for their excuses during testimony on Capitol Hill on how they lost two years worth of emails involving former official Lois Lerner and outside agencies. "I just think it doesn’t pass the smell test," Hamby said on New Day. "I mean how can […]

By Washington Free Beacon Staff·
CNN: IRS Excuses Don't Pass 'Smell Test'

The Washington Post’s Nia-Malika Henderson and CNN’s Peter Hamby slammed the IRS for their excuses during testimony on Capitol Hill on how they lost two years worth of emails involving former official Lois Lerner and outside agencies.

"I just think it doesn’t pass the smell test," Hamby said on New Day.

"I mean how can you believe that the IRS, which makes ordinary folks keep what seven years of records, that somehow they have misplaced, destroyed these e-mails? It is very surprising," Henderson added.