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IRS Used as Weapon for Political Purposes

Wayne Allyn Root was audited by the IRS so egregiously that his financial advisors said they'd never seen anything like it. He firmly believes it was because he went public that he was in the same Columbia University graduating class that Obama was in and he had never seen Obama at Columbia. Neither had other classmates that he asked about it. Something was wrong about Obama's claim to being a member of that class, he said. (See video starting at 14 min 50 sec) [The Blaze] Jun 7, 2013

Troubling stories about IRS continue to mount [GOPUSA] May 31, 2013

Democratic Senators sicced IRS on conservative (non-Democratic) groups. [YouTube] Starts at 3 minutes 23 seconds. May 17, 2013

Obama Denounces Reported IRS Targeting of Conservative Groups [Washington Post] May 13, 2013

55-questions asked tea party group: Demands donor lists, names of all volunteers... [Daily Mail] (U.K.) May 13, 2013

Rumsfeld: IRS also retaliates against outspoken business leaders [Washington Examiner] May 13, 2013

The IRS admits to ‘targeting’ conservative groups, but were they also ‘leaking’? [Daily Caller] May 13, 2013

IRS tea-party bloodbath continues in Congress, as evidence emerges that IRS's own internal probe ended in May 2012, six months before election, but was hidden from legislators [Daily Mail (U.K.] May 22, 2013

IRS Official Lois Lerner: 'I Have Not Done Anything Wrong' [The Weekly Standard] May 22, 2013

Obama Met With IRS Union Boss Day Before Tea Party Targeting Began [Breitbart] May 20, 2013

Government managing the press: IRS planted the question that broke targeting story [USA Today] May 18, 2013

See Paul Ryan’s Tense Exchange with IRS Head on Why He Withheld Targeting Info in July Despite Knowing About It [The Blaze] May 17, 2013

The Liberal Union Behind the IRS [The American Spectator] May 16, 2013

Rupert Murdoch: IRS is 'Out of Control' [Money News] May 13, 2013

Tea party groups threaten to sue IRS [Politico] May 13, 2013

Kentucky activist to IRS: 'Apology not accepted' [McClatchy] May 13, 2013

McConnell: IRS Revelations 'Just The Beginning' May 13, 2013

Scandal politics sweep Capitol Hill [Politico] May 13, 2013

MSNBC Host Outraged over IRS Political Targeting [Hawaii Political Info] (videos) May 13, 2013

IRS targeted groups that criticized the government, IG report says May 12, 2013

Wider Problems Found at IRS: Probe Says Tax Agency Used Sweeping Criteria to Scrutinize Conservative Groups May 12, 2013

IRS Admits Targeting Tea Party Groups [Hawaii Political Info] May 11, 2013

Watchdog: Senior IRS Officials Knew Conservative Groups Were Being Targeted in 2011 [The Blaze] May 11, 2013

Tea Parties across U.S. under IRS Scrutiny [Hawaii Political Info] Aug 23, 2012

Flashback: Former IRS [Jewish] Chief Told Congress His Agency Does Not Target Tea Party Groups [XRepublic.TV] Mar 2012

ADL urges IRS to rescind status granted to Holocaust denial group [Jewish Telegraphic Agency] Jul 10, 1998

Persecution of a True American 1998 (Use "find" function to jump down to title)

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IRS Horror Stories

A New IRS Horror Story That Makes Past Scandals Pale In Comparison [Forbes] Oct 27, 2014

Testimony of Harrowing Experience with the IRS and US Marshals [Hawaii Political Info] Jun 1, 2013

IRS Horror Stories [Hawaii Political Info] (video) Jan 25, 2013

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Email Mistakenly Sent to IRS' Lerner Triggered Targeting of GOP Senator [The Des Moines Register] Jun 26, 2014

Your Ignorance of the IRS Is Their Weapon against You [NewsWithViews.com] Sep 18, 2013

Second IRS official pleads Fifth [Washington Examiner] Jun 26, 2013

IRS seizes medical records of 60 million Americans - preview of what's to come with Obamacare [Natural News] June 17, 2013

Exclusive: IRS Ignores Senate Deadline to Answer Questions About Scandal [Breitbart] May 31, 2013

McConnell: ‘There is a culture of intimidation throughout the administration’ [Yahoo] May 19, 2013

Another IRS Scandal: Lawsuit Alleges 10,000,000 Americans Medical Records Seized [Intellihub] May 16, 2013

Carney: IRS Run by Bush Political Appointee [YouTube] (22 sec) May 10, 2013

IRS Checking Facebook and Twitter Accounts [Hawaii Political Info] (video) Apr 8, 2013

IRS Says It's Easing Up on Liens [Hawaii Political Info] Mar 5, 2011

Koch Industries Lawyer to White House: How Did You Get Our Tax Information? [The Weekly Standard] Sep 20, 2010

Flout the Healthcare Mandate Penalty? Face the IRS [Hawaii Political Info] Sep 25, 2009

Former IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti recalls his experiences [BookTV (CSpan)] (1 hour) Mar 31, 2005