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New Emails Show Lerner, IRS Did Intentionally Target Conservatives, Tea Party Groups
Former IRS official Lois Lerner is in hot water once again, this time for emails which show partisanship may have played a role in how the agency treated Tea Party and conservative groups.
During her testimony in front of Congress Lerner denied claims that the IRS treatment of patriot groups was biased and harsh. The latest emails paint an entirely different picture than her sworn testimony during the hearings.
Lois Lerner’s email to a staffer in February 2011 referred to the Tea Party issue as “very dangerous” and a matter that legal counsel Judy Kindell needed to review. She also noted that the pending requests for non-profit status could be the “vehicle to go to court” in order to address clarity issues on the 2010 campaign finance Supreme Court ruling.
The emails belonging to the former IRS director were unearthed by the House Ways and Means Committee. The February Lerner email also said, “Cincy should probably NOT have these cases” – a reference to lower-level employees in Cincinnati.
Another email between Lerner and her then-staffers indicated that the federal employees were becoming concerned about the role “outside money” would play in the upcoming election. On July 10, 2012, adviser Sharon Light sent an email to Lerner about an election-focused NPR story.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/2013/09/16/new-emails-show-lerner-irs-did-intentionally-target-conservatives-tea-party-groups/
