TAXPROF: Roundup: The IRS Scandal, Day 7.
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Also: Investor’s Business Daily: Did The IRS Try To Swing Election To Obama?
In the end, the IRS managed to put its thumb on the political scale by squelching political activity on the right — some groups report curtailing get-out-the-vote efforts, spending piles of money on legal fees or disbanding altogether in the face of IRS inquisitions.
And all of it happened during a close and hotly contested presidential election where such mischievousness could make a real difference.
Does any of this sound like it’s the result of a random bureaucratic snafu or the work of a couple of “rogue agents”?
Sounds suspicious.