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34. 501(c)(4)s

Absolutely, these groups were encouraged to apply as 501(c)(4)s rather than political groups (527s) BECAUSE donations received by c4s are TAX EXEMPT and these groups do not have to reveal THEIR DONORS (527s have to make their donors public record). Gee why would anyone want to keep their donors a secret....GET IT? The IRS was trying weed out suspicious applications...that is groups containing names that we associate with POLITICAL GROUPS. You know that old saying "where there's smoke there's fire? I think some in the IRS took that adage seriously and focused on (targeted) applications that were suspicious due to the NAMES. Was it wrong to focus on conservative groups...YES. Were they deliberately trying to hold these applications up purely for political motives? So far the investigation says NO...it was about being too gung ho on trying to weed out primarily suspicious applications out of thousands the IRS had to review. They took the expedient route focusing on names. At least at this point, that's what it appears to me.