For what it’s worth you can thank Mark Levin for getting the ball rolling on this exposing the IRS.
This jerk joked about using the IRS when gave a commencement speech at ASU and threatened them of a tax audit…
One thing is for sure when he says he will do something, even with joke threats, he will follow through.
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IRS Officials Knew Conservative Groups Were Being Targeted in 2011
by Tony Lee | BigGovernment
An Inspector General report indicates that IRS officials knew as early as 2011 that conservative groups were being targeted for additional scrutiny in determing tax-exempt status, contradicting previous statements by the agency.
On Friday, the IRS admitted to and apologized for targeting groups that had the words “Tea Party” or “patriots” in their name. The IRS claimed the misconduct was the actions of “low-level” employees at its Cincinnati office.
According to the draft of the report the Associated Press reviewed on Saturday, Lois G. Lerner, the head of the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt organizations, was told in 2011 that organizations with “Tea Party,” ”Patriot,” or “9/12 Project” in their names “were being flagged for additional and often burdensome scrutiny.”
IRS staffers reportedly “held a meeting with chief counsel so that everyone would have the latest information on the issue” in August of 2011. In January of 2012, the criteria for targeting groups was changed to “political action type organizations involved in limiting/expanding Government, educating on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, [and] social economic reform/movement.” Lerner reportedly asked the criteria be changed “immediately.”…more