By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 14:38 EST, 9 June 2013 | UPDATED: 14:38 EST, 9 June 2013 A self-described conservative Republican who is a manager in the Internal Revenue Service office that targeted tea party groups told investigators that he, not the White House, set the review in motion, the top Democrat on the House watchdog committee said Sunday. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., released a partial transcript of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform interview with the unnamed manager in the IRS' Cincinnati office. In it, the employee said the extra scrutiny for tea party groups' tax exempt status was an effort to be consistent in reviewing applications and not driven by politics.
@highlight
Top Democrat Elijah Cummings says no evidence to suggest order to review conservative groups was a White House order
@highlight
Tax agency has admitted targeting tea party groups and other conservative organizations for special, politically motivated scrutiny
@highlight
IRS inspector general focused on wrongdoing in Cincinnati, Ohio office and ignored abusive letters coming from other cities
long way to what's showing that the @placeholder was not involved in