"IRS Acted Alone In Developing Targeting Criteria For Conservative Groups: Report"

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IRS Acted Alone In Developing Targeting Criteria For Conservative Groups: Report

The Huffington Post | By Luke Johnson

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13/irs-targeting-conservative-groups_n_3265387.html

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The IRS' Friday admission that it disproportionately scrutinized groups with the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status has led some politicians to lay the blame on the Obama administration. However, a report in the Wall Street Journal Sunday said that a forthcoming Treasury Department inspector general report would show that no one outside IRS developed the criteria.

"On Sunday, a government official said the report will note that IRS officials told investigators that no one outside the IRS was involved in developing the criteria the agency now acknowledges were flawed," the WSJ reported. The report bolsters what Lois Lerner, the IRS director of exempt organizations, said Friday -- that the practice was "absolutely not" influenced by the administration.

The Associated Press reported on Saturday that based on a draft of the IG report, knowledge of the practice seemed not to be confined just to low-level employees, as initially claimed. Lerner was informed of the targeting practice on June 29, 2011, the IG report says, according to the AP. The IG report notes that Lerner wanted the criteria immediately changed. The AP also reported that according to the portion of the IG investigation released to the news outlet, it is unclear whether IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman or anyone outside the IRS knew about the changes.

Republican lawmakers have called on Obama to condemn the IRS for its targeting. "I think that it’s very disappointing the president hasn’t personally condemned this and spoken out," Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union." "The president needs to make it crystal clear that this is totally unacceptable in America."

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[Cha]

1. Yeah, big dumb mouth politicians and one dumb mouth ex-politician

attempting to blame the President. so damn predictable.

The IRS' Friday admission that it disproportionately scrutinized groups with the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status has led some politicians to lay the blame on the Obama administration. However, a report in the Wall Street Journal Sunday said that a forthcoming Treasury Department inspector general report would show that no one outside IRS developed the criteria.

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2. P.S. thanks applegrove

[LeftInTX]

3. Kick!

[JaneyVee]

4. Well that clears that up. Will Susan Collins apologize? Doubtful.

[Cha]

5. There will be Crickets from those who blamed

the President.

[ProSense]

6. That's just the

bipartisan outlook. You know: If this was Bush, you'd be outraged.

Forget the BS GOP aspect.

I mean, even Rove was saying, "if this was Bush...?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022836780

[phantom power]

7. It's such bullshit when they say "conservatives" instead of "rabid anti-tax wingnuts"

Like the fact that anti-taxation rhetoric that borders on insurrection isn't literally the Tea Party brand. No, they're just "conservatives" who were unfairly targeted. It's soooo unfair!

[applegrove]

8. I saw a tea party organizer on CNN. She kept saying they were conservatives. That's obviously

the new talking point. Say it was "conservatives" who were attacked.