Rep. Kevin Brady: IRS commissioner ‘must go’

The IRS commissioner who stonewalled congressional investigation into agency targeting of tea-party groups is still in charge and could remain at the helm of the IRS until November unless the Trump administration takes action before then to fire the commissioner – which is exactly what a group of Republicans is requesting. The Washington Times has…

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IRS still hasn’t gotten rid of policy it used to target tea partyers

The same policy that enabled authorities at the IRS to slow-roll the tax-exempt-status applications of tea-party groups remains on the books, according to a watchdog group. The Daily Caller has the story: The federal tax agency’s policy requires IRS officials to stop processing tax-exempt applications that are “likely to attract media or congressional attention,” the…

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IRS locates targeting documents … two years after the fact

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The Internal Revenue Service two years after conservative watchdog Judicial Watch submitted a Freedom of Information Act request reported to a D.C. judge it has found nearly 7,000 documents pertinent to the agency’s targeting of tea-party groups but at this time refuses to make the documents public. “At this time, the Service is unable to…

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Rep. Jordan: ‘John Koskinen needs to be held accountable’

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) announced today he will introduce a resolution on the House floor calling for  the impeachment of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, who has looked the other way as his agency targets conservatives for their political beliefs and even stonewalled congressional investigation into the scandal that continues to slow-roll or flat-out deny conservative…

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