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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIssa directed Treasury inspector general to ignore IRS treatment of liberal groups

The bombshell IRS audit released in May omitted information about liberal groups at the request of House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administrations office.
A spokesman for Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George told The Hill on Tuesday that Issa had requested investigators narrowly focus on tea party organizations.
The subsequent audit concluded the IRS used inappropriate criteria to single out for additional scrutiny tea party groups that applied for tax exempt status. The findings lead almost every politician, including President Barack Obama, to denounce the IRS. Several Republicans suggested the audit indicated the White House had a Nixonian enemies list.
Speaking to CNN on Tuesday, Issa said the IRS appeared to have been targeting Obamas political opponents perhaps not on his request but on his behalf.
But new documents have revealed that liberal and progressive groups received similar treatment from the IRS. The inappropriate criteria used to single out tea party groups so-called Be On the Look Out (BOLO) memos also singled out progressive and Occupy groups.
We did not review the use, disposition, purpose or content of the other BOLOs. That was outside the scope of our audit, the Treasury inspector general spokesman told The Hill.
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Katashi_itto
Jun 2013
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Lasher
(28,569 posts)1. Then how about another audit?
Too late, news cycle and all that.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)3. Wish the Dem would run with this.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)2. game, set
match
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)4. So Issa preselected tea party groups to be
the subject of the audit and got results that only included tea party groups. How dishonest. And unsurprising.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)5. Standard Teabagger M.O. isn't it, and he will see no jail time either
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)11. Yeah, he always manages to
do dishonest things and not get punished. He gives me the creeps just looking at him now.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)6. I could never understand why this
was some sort of scandal in the first place. Even if it was just tea bag groups, it's the IRS job to look for tax cheats.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)7. Whats the real scandal is every one of the Teabagger Groups
that was looked at was approved.
malaise
(280,492 posts)8. So who is going to prison for this one?
Where is the House ethics committee when we need it?
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)9. Why is Issa not in jail? n/t
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)10. Agree!