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Was IRS Hunting for Groups With ‘Anti-Obama” Rhetoric Inspired by Anti-Conservative Media?

From the Blaze Sep. 18, 2013 10:04am 

Apparently inspired by the press’ negative coverage of the Tea Party, Internal Revenue Service employees were instructed to flag political groups seeking tax-exempt status if they touted literature containing “anti-Obama rhetoric” and “emotional” statements, according to recently uncovered agency documents obtained by USA Today.

The 2011 documents list 162 flagged groups by name and reveal that IRS lawyers in the nation’s capital often questioned the political, lobbying and advocacy activities of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. . . . Read Complete Report

Obama’s “Phony Scandals”: IRS AGENT to CONGRESS: “IRS Still Targeting conservative groups”

From The Blaze By  Aug. 8, 2013 8:52pm

An unidentified IRS agent told members Congress that the embattled tax agency is still targeting conservative groups three months after the scandal came to light, according to testimony released Thursday by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.).

During closed-door testimony, the agent reportedly told members of the committee that requests for tax-exempt status by Tea Party groups are still being subjected to “secondary screening,” at least in his office. . . . Read Complete Report