The internal
government watchdog who investigated the IRS's targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups said he
received documents about scrutiny of liberal groups only last week.
J. Russell George,
Treasury's inspector general for tax administration, said the IRS never gave
him evidence of the agency singling out "progressive" or groups with
"occupy" in their names while he was working on his investigation
that resulted in his May report.
The IRS gave him
documented evidence that liberal groups were singled out only last week when he
received minutes from a July 2010 IRS workshop in a letter to House Oversight
Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, D-Calif. The minutes indicate
that some liberal groups' applications for tax-exempt status were sent to the
same office that handled Tea Party applications…..To Read More…
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