Darrell Issa: IRS' So-Called 'Rogue' Agents 'Directly Being Ordered From Washington'

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19. They could target those groups without it being political. The IRS could easily have targeted them

because of questions about the leaders of some of the groups. The early tea party groups had quite a few suspect characters. Both CREW and another watchdog group sent letters to the IRS asking that they be investigated. Also, IRS approval is not required to call yourself a 501(c)4 organization so it doesn't stop you or slow you down from collecting money. Turns out Stephne Colbert's pac, which is a 501(c)4 org had not even appied with the IRS until last week. (He did it on TV). Also, most CPA's would have filled the paperwork out correctly, avoiding many of the issues, (Nate Silver I believe did a study on how most of the apps had filed ut paperwork incorrectly). I question whether the tea party was setting up the IRS. Why would a group like that mess with the IRS, without professional assistance, when they could have done the same thing without them?