By Dana Bash and Chelsea J. Carter, CNN
updated 8:54 PM EDT, Tue May 14, 2013
President Barack Obama said Tuesday the Treasury Department inspector general's report examining how the Internal Revenue Service allowed for the targeting of "tea party" and other groups shows some IRS employees "failed" to act in a way "that's worthy of the public's trust."
"Regardless of how this conduct was allowed to take place, the bottom line is, it was wrong," the president said.
"Thank you, Mr. President."
