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 ...
Apr 18, 2014 ... Democrats say the workers were just trying to find a way to capture obviously  political-centric groups that did not have social welfare on their agenda. ... in the  inspector general's office who said, after reviewing 5,500 IRS worker emails, he  found no indication the scrutiny of tea party groups was motivated by ...
Jul 18, 2013 ... The IRS inspector general says liberal groups also were on target list; Committee  Chairman Issa concedes there is no proof that IRS targeting was ... in May, cited  criteria including "tea party" and other conservative-themed words or labels that  were used to decide whether applicants for tax-exempt status ...
contrary to common understanding and widespread reporting, the IRS actually  exhibited no bias in its review of conservative groups. The Majority staff report  claims that the IRS targeted liberal and conservative groups equally and that a  Treasury Inspector General for Tax. Administration (TIGTA) report on the targeting  of ...
May 17, 2013 ... On May 10th, Lois Lerner, Director of Exempt Organizations for the Internal  Revenue Service division that oversees tax exempt groups, finally acknowledged  that the agency had been targeting conservative‑leaning political organizations.  Four days later the Treasury Inspector General for Taxpayer ...
Says the inspector general for the IRS said there was "no political motivation" and "no outside influence" for targeting of tax-exempt applications from tea party groups