Really?
"Much has been made of the fact that senior Treasury Department officials were told about the investigation into the treatment of tea party groups in June 2012 — months before last year’s the Presidential election.
Republicans who requested the investigation were also told about it at approximately the same time.
In a letter dated
July 11, 2012, the man who conducted the investigation, IRS inspector general J. Russell George wrote to
Rep. Darrell Issa, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, telling him that he was investigating the issue and offering to keep him updated as the investigation progressed."
http://www.kabc.com/common/more.php?...DE6840A&mode=2
Some additional background:
Republicans Claimed an IRS Cover Up, But It Turns Out Darrell Issa Knew in 2012