Dems’ report clears IRS of political bias, blames IG for botching probe

The Washington Times ^ | September 5, 2014 | Stephen Dinan

[jazusamo]

The IRS's internal auditor distorted the facts surrounding the IRS tea party targeting scandal, leaving Americans with the impression that the tax agency went after conservative groups without also targeting liberal groups, the Senate's top investigative panel said Friday.

Investigators said the IRS did mishandle applications for tax exempt status, including subjecting groups to years-long delays and "poorly coordinated reviews." But the report, written by Democrats who control the chamber, concluded that the IRS's "mismanagement" affected both liberal and conservative groups, clearing the agency of accusations of politically motivated behavior.

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

[Sir Napsalot]

BTW, I went to the Washington Times article, there is no link to the IRS internal auditor report.

Not sure if this piece is the response to a new report to ‘clear’ the IRS about non-targeting (can you say cya?). Anyway a link should have been included, even if the report was issued some time ago.

[jazusamo]

I’ve checked several recent articles and none of them link the report.

Just checked Levin’s website and the report links listed don’t work. I’ll keep checking.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

bookmark

[jazusamo]

Senate Investigations Subcommittee Report on IRS pdf

[Sir Napsalot]

Thanks for the persistent researching.

Will save it to read later.

[4Liberty]

bump for after meds