Oct 5, 2017 ... A federal watchdog investigating the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of  conservative political groups said the agency also scrutinized liberal ... comes  after a similar audit in 2013 found that groups with conservative names like “Tea  Party,” “patriot” or “9/12” were unfairly targeted for further review.
In 2013, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revealed that it had  selected political groups applying for tax-exempt status for intensive scrutiny  based on their names or political themes. This led to wide condemnation of the  agency and triggered several investigations, including a Federal Bureau of  Investigation ...
May 14, 2013 ... First, at least from what we know so far, the groups were not targeted in a political  vendetta -- but rather were executing a makeshift enforcement test (an ugly ...  Office investigation, saying the IRS audit violated the First Amendment and was  unduly targeting a political opponent of the Bush administration.
This is a partial list of allegations of misuse of the United States Internal Revenue  Service (IRS), which traces its roots to the creation of the Commissioner of  Internal Revenue in 1862. Examples of political profiling controversies include  cases in which IRS employees or government officials have allegedly used IRS ...
Oct 4, 2017 ... A similar earlier report by TIGTA from 2013 said the IRS had singled-out  conservative-leaning groups, sparking accusations from Republicans that the  Obama ... The new report identified 146 cases of left-leaning groups being  targeted for additional scrutiny because of suspicions that they were engaging in  ...
During the Bush administration, liberal groups were targeted by the IRS, similar to recent targeting.