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  • IRS officials knew of tea party targeting

    05/11/2013 6:01:25 PM PDT · by neverdem · 10 replies
    Politico ^ | May 11, 2013 | Lauren French
    Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew employees were singling out conservative groups for extra scrutiny as early as 2011, according to a watchdog agency’s report set to be released next week, POLITICO has confirmed from a congressional source.The disclosure that senior officials knew agents were flagging applications containing the words “patriot” or “tea party” contradicts public statements by former IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. He repeatedly denied that his agency was targeting conservative groups when asked by Congress last year.“There’s absolutely no targeting. This is the kind of back and forth that happens to people” who apply for tax-exempt status, Shulman...
  • The IRS’s Tea-Party Targeting - An apology, but no explanation

    05/10/2013 4:13:22 PM PDT · by neverdem · 31 replies
    National Review Online ^ | May 10, 2013 | Kevin D. Williamson
    The IRS denies having conducted a partisan witch-hunt against tea-party groups in the run-up to the 2012 election, arguing that its improper targeting of conservative groups was the result of a series of procedural errors rather than a political attack with malice aforethought.But the IRS is keeping the relevant evidence secret, so you will just have to take the agency’s word for it.Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge of handling tax-exempt organizations, made what appeared to be an impromptu confession Friday during a tax conference hosted by the American Bar Association, saying that groups with the words “tea...