IRS finally reveals list of tea party groups targeted for extra scrutiny

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From the Washington Times:

More than three years after it admitted to targeting tea party groups for intrusive scrutiny, the IRS has finally released a near-complete list of the organizations it snagged in a political dragnet.

The tax agency filed the list last month as part of a court case after a series of federal judges, fed up with what they said was the agency’s stonewalling, ordered it to get a move on. The case is a class-action lawsuit, so the list of names is critical to knowing the scope of those who would have a claim against the IRS.

But even as it answers some questions, the list raises others, including exactly when the targeting stopped, and how broadly the tax agency drew its net when it went after nonprofits for unusual scrutiny.

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The IRS needs to be eliminated. Pity that neither Presidential candidate would even remotely consider getting rid of that bludgeon.

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IRS Releases Larger List of Targeted Groups
Sunday, June 5, 2016 10:24 PM

By: Brian Freeman

The IRS has finally released a comprehensive list of the organizations it targeted for intrusive scrutiny, under pressure from federal judges fed up with what they said was the agency stonewalling. The Washington Times reports.

The move was spurred by a class-action lawsuit brought against the IRS for targeting for extra scrutiny conservative tea party groups' applications for tax-exempt status, so the list is important to determine who would have a claim against the agency.

The release of 426 organizations is much higher than the 298 the IRS's inspector general acknowledged in May 2013 when its investigators first revealed the scandal.

However, Edward Greim, the lawyer representing the class action suit, said this latest list could include non-conservative groups he says were artificially added after the IRS knew it was being investigated in an attempt to give the false impression that its operation was not due to political bias.

The latest chapter in this saga comes as as Politico recently reported that the House Judiciary Committee is preparing to convene later this month to decide whether to seek impeachment against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen for his part in the scandal.

He is accused of ignoring subpoenas and lying to Congress under oath concerning the scandal.