Another hearing opens today in the house on the IRS scrutiny of conservative political groups seeking tax exempt status. One key witness, Louis Lerner, is expected to answer questions by invoking her fifth amendment rights. Tea Party supporters, Tuesday, rallied outside the downtown IRS building, where the exempt organization’s determinations unit is located Recent Stories: […]
Two employees of the IRS office in Cincinnati have reportedly been disciplined for their aggressive handling of conservative political groups. The agency’s commissioner singled out the rogue agents, Wednesday, before resigning from his post. Those employees could face criminal charges, for allegedly red-flagging Tea-Party groups that requested tax-exempt status. Fox 19 is reporting that two […]
Lax management of the Cincinnati IRS office is being blamed for the inappropriate targeting of conservative political groups. U.S. Treasury investigators say low-level employees launched the flagging of Tea Party, and other similar, groups without their supervisor’s knowledge. Those groups were singled out for extra scrutiny, when they applied for tax-exempt status. Recent Stories: C.P.S. […]
