Democratic senator condemns investigation into IRS targeting

CBS News ^ | September 5, 2014 | By JAKE MILLER

[Oldeconomybuyer]

A Senate report released Friday criticized the IRS Inspector General's investigation into whether the tax agency targeted conservative tea party groups for excessive and burdensome scrutiny during the 2012 election cycle.

The report, written by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, acknowledged that the IRS did mismanage applications from groups applying for tax exemption, but it argued that mismanagement affected both liberal and conservative groups.

"The subcommittee found no evidence that political bias influences the decisions made by IRS personnel," the report stated. "A review of nearly 800,000 pages of documents and nearly two dozen interviews produced no evidence of political bias influencing IRS decision making about how to process applications filed by conservative organizations, and no evidence that the IRS singled out conservative groups for harsher treatment than other groups."

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[WashingtonSource]

Levin needs to be investigated as an accessory to IRS crimes.

[tet68]

His hard drive is about to fail, just like that of the
FIVE new IRS personnel involved.

Funny, the timing eh?

[Bullish]

What a lying a-hole communist Levin is. How long has this worthless jerk been wasting air in the Senate now?

[cripplecreek]

Carl Lenin’s butt is on the line over this one. Be a real shame if he spent his retirement in a federal prison.

[kempster]

Just remember Carl Levin can say whatever he wants now. He is retiring. Totally as meaningless as his entire time representing Michigan in the Senate. By the way, Carl served on the Detroit City Council as President in the early years of the Detroit collapse.

[Bullish]

Oh, than why are they hiding and destroying all the evidence, Carl?

[Fungi]

For six terms, since 1979, a useful idiot par excellence.

[Iron Munro]

Lois Lerner already admitted that the IRS wrongly targeted conservatives in her first statement on the IRS corruption:

May 10, 2013:
Blaming low-level IRS employees in Cincinnati, Exempt Organizations Division Director Lois Lerner says that no high-level officials were aware of the IRS targeting of conservative groups until she began "seeing information in the press that raised questions for us." She apologizes on behalf of the IRS for the "inappropriate" targeting. This same day, White House counsel receives the Inspector General's report, and President Barack Obama is said to have heard of the matter for the first time.

[Steely Tom]

Another Democrat whitewash. MSM yawns, scratches itself.

[DB]

Right Carl, that’s why a higher up IRS employee took the 5th during her testimony... That’s what people do when they’ve done nothing illegal...

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

THe last I knew , criminal faciltation was a punishable offense.
The last I knew , dereliction of duty was grounds for removal
The last I knew , the Demorats have no shame !

[TigersEye]

Stop exposing our mendacity!!!

[TigersEye]

Stop exposing our mendacity!!!

[SierraWasp]

There is NOTHING “Democratic” about Senator Levin or ANY of his flaming liberal colleagues!!!

[RaginRak]

Demonazis

[Paladin2]

I think it’s Carl (Marx) Lenin.

[SierraWasp]

Good call, but I still prefer Demonicrats.

[smokingfrog]

[dforest]

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