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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"IRS Acted Alone In Developing Targeting Criteria For Conservative Groups: Report"
IRS Acted Alone In Developing Targeting Criteria For Conservative Groups: ReportThe Huffington Post | By Luke Johnson
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13/irs-targeting-conservative-groups_n_3265387.html
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The IRS' Friday admission that it disproportionately scrutinized groups with the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status has led some politicians to lay the blame on the Obama administration. However, a report in the Wall Street Journal Sunday said that a forthcoming Treasury Department inspector general report would show that no one outside IRS developed the criteria.
"On Sunday, a government official said the report will note that IRS officials told investigators that no one outside the IRS was involved in developing the criteria the agency now acknowledges were flawed," the WSJ reported. The report bolsters what Lois Lerner, the IRS director of exempt organizations, said Friday -- that the practice was "absolutely not" influenced by the administration.
The Associated Press reported on Saturday that based on a draft of the IG report, knowledge of the practice seemed not to be confined just to low-level employees, as initially claimed. Lerner was informed of the targeting practice on June 29, 2011, the IG report says, according to the AP. The IG report notes that Lerner wanted the criteria immediately changed. The AP also reported that according to the portion of the IG investigation released to the news outlet, it is unclear whether IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman or anyone outside the IRS knew about the changes.
Republican lawmakers have called on Obama to condemn the IRS for its targeting. "I think that its very disappointing the president hasnt personally condemned this and spoken out," Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Sunday on CNNs State of the Union." "The president needs to make it crystal clear that this is totally unacceptable in America."
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"IRS Acted Alone In Developing Targeting Criteria For Conservative Groups: Report" (Original Post)
applegrove
May 2013
OP
It's such bullshit when they say "conservatives" instead of "rabid anti-tax wingnuts"
phantom power
May 2013
#7
Cha
(297,138 posts)1. Yeah, big dumb mouth politicians and one dumb mouth ex-politician
attempting to blame the President. so damn predictable.
The IRS' Friday admission that it disproportionately scrutinized groups with the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status has led some politicians to lay the blame on the Obama administration. However, a report in the Wall Street Journal Sunday said that a forthcoming Treasury Department inspector general report would show that no one outside IRS developed the criteria.
Cha
(297,138 posts)2. P.S. thanks applegrove
LeftInTX
(25,247 posts)3. Kick!
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)4. Well that clears that up. Will Susan Collins apologize? Doubtful.
Cha
(297,138 posts)5. There will be Crickets from those who blamed
the President.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)6. That's just the
bipartisan outlook. You know: If this was Bush, you'd be outraged.
Forget the BS GOP aspect.
I mean, even Rove was saying, "if this was Bush...?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022836780
phantom power
(25,966 posts)7. It's such bullshit when they say "conservatives" instead of "rabid anti-tax wingnuts"
Like the fact that anti-taxation rhetoric that borders on insurrection isn't literally the Tea Party brand. No, they're just "conservatives" who were unfairly targeted. It's soooo unfair!
applegrove
(118,617 posts)8. I saw a tea party organizer on CNN. She kept saying they were conservatives. That's obviously
the new talking point. Say it was "conservatives" who were attacked.