Denis McDonough
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough (R) waits for US President Barack Obama to make a statement in the East Room of the White House May 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. Obama spoke about the recent scandal where the Internal Revenue Service is accused of targeting conservative organizations and announced that Acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller had resigned.
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The White House on Monday once again added to the list of people who knew about the IRS investigation into its targeting of conservative groups—saying White House chief of staff Denis McDonough had been informed about a month ago
Just a day after telling reporters that Chief of Staff Denis McDonough had learned of the situation about a month ago, press secretary Jay Carney revealed that the White Officials has consulted with the IRS on how to initially present to the public the story that the agency had targeted conservative tax exempt groups for extra scrutiny.
Top White House staff, including Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, knew that a potentially damaging inspector general’s report on the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of tea party groups was looming but decided not to inform President Barack ObamaMore quotes »
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Boehner: “Inconceivable” that Obama didn’t know about IRS abuse
I questioned the new spin out of the White House that Kathryn Ruemmler would have informed Barack Obama’s chief of staff Denis McDonough and a number of other senior staffers in Obama’s inner circle of the IRS abuse and corruption about to blow up in an IG 12:01 PM from Hot Air Read more »
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On IRS issue, senior White House aides were focused on shielding Obama
IRS had improperly targeted tea party and other conservative groups. She shared the news with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and other senior White House aides, who all recognized the danger of the findings. Graphic IRS controversy: Who knew what, from The Washington Post Read more »
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WashPost Blogger: Obama Not Being Told of IRS Scandal a 'Curious Whopper'
Chief of Staff in the George H.W. Bush White House. That is — according to Ed Rogers — how White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough learned of an impending report on the agency’s targeting of conservative groups but did not tell President Barack Obama about from NewsMax Read more »
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Campaign gang returns to help Obama deal with scandals
Glenn Thrush and Reid Epstein report Wednesday morning that White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough met with Obama campaign alums last week to help craft messaging to deal with the scandals. According to the report, former Campaign Manager David Plouffe, from Washington Examiner Read more »
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The White House to-do list
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough told his colleagues last week to spend no more than 10 percent of their time responding to scandals, he didn't know a tornado would devastate entire stretches of Oklahoma. He knew something like it would happen though. from Albequerque Express Read more »
