Sens. McCain and Levin urged IRS to target Tea Party, conservative groups

examiner.com ^ | April 10, 2015 | Jim Kouri

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Government documents obtained by a top "Inside the Beltway" watchdog group and released on Thursday reveal that Internal Revenue Service's Lois Lerner was strongly urged by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, her assistance in attacking certain non-profit political groups. The organizations they selected for targeting by Lerner were part of the Tea Party and conservative movements.

Newly released documents revealed that Sen. Levin (left) and Sen. McCain both urged the IRS to target conservative groups in the wake of the Citizens United decision.

The group that investigates and exposes government corruption, Judicial Watch, released newly acquired IRS documents, including an email from Ms. Lerner in February 2012 requesting she “put together some training points to help them [IRS staffers] understand the potential pitfalls of revealing too much information to Congress."

[King Moonracer]

Put Johnny back in a tiger cage. What a jack off.

[trisham]

I never liked McCain, but I would never have guessed that he would stoop to this.

[Popman]

No big deal...to McCain we are Hobbits anyway...

dirty bastard...

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

He should’ve stayed in the Hanoi Hilton. Yes, I’m angry. Damned straight. He’s a disgrace to this country and our military.

[The Cajun]

We all knew Rinos were involved I this, just from the fact that Learner is still bopping around free, now we are starting to learn which Rinos.

I'm sure here will be more Rino "outings" to come in this fiasco.

[txhurl]

Judicial Watch has been doing the heavy lifting lately, my deep congrats to them. That’s why Lerner and Cummings were so smug, thinking, what, are you sure you guys want to take down your POTUS nominee? That loveable maverick POW?

Sarah, you are about to be avenged.

[cripplecreek]

John McCain needs 1 more term......of about 20 years.

[trisham]

I hear you.

[RedMDer]

It was pretty clear before this news that Son Of a Hillary, rhymes with witch didn't want us to succeed.
WackoBird - RMD.

[onyx]

This is outrageous!!
My DrO would be both heartbroken and mad as hell.

[trisham]

I’m disgusted.

[rdcbn]

This is the reason the IRS scandal has went nowhere.

Top ranking republicans were in on the scheme.

[onyx]

He’s really jumped the shark on this one.
I’m done defending him.

[trisham]

It’s almost inconceivable that a longtime republican would do something like this.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

McCain....you lowlife scum.

[txhurl]

He is very likely to be implicated in Benghazi, too, so get ready for that. We’re about to learn heaps about our gop-eSTAB, Judicial Watch doesn’t mess around, and Cruz has shown us a bright light at the end of this horrific, never-ending miserable dark tunnel the Uniparty has detoured us into.

[trisham]

Thank God for Ted Cruz. McCain is a snake.

[Publius]

If you understand that the two parties are merely wings of the same bird of prey, the Uni-party, it all makes sense.

[Waryone]

LOL, you really think Pansy Graham’s boy, Trey is going to do anything but run cover his buddy, McInsane?

There are many in the GOPe who can talk a good game but are completely bought and paid for. Trey Gowdy strikes me as one of them.

[spokeshave]

I seem to remember that McCain teamed up with John f’n Kerry to ignore the MIA troops so a commercial opening to Vietnam could be accomplished.