Hidden Hand: Steve Castor, the GOP's Get-Obama Lawyer

Chief Counsel, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Castor, the House Oversight Committee’s chief counsel, consults with Chairman Darrell Issa (center)Photograph by Cliff Owen/AP Photo

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By Elizabeth Dwoskin

May 24, 2013 at 1:56 AM UTC

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This article is part of the May 27, 2013 issue of businessweek.

Hidden Hand: Steve Castor, the GOP's Get-Obama Lawyer

No one in the White House looks forward to a call from Steve Castor. The lawyer in charge of the GOP’s numerous probes of the Obama administration—the Internal Revenue Service targeting of the Tea Party, the handling of the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi—is known for inundating officials with demands for answers and documents. His boss, Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa of California, frequently goes on TV to accuse Obama of stonewalling.