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IRS Still Targeting Conservatives, Agent Admits (Video)

Posted on the 09 August 2013 by Susanduclos @SusanDuclos
By Susan Duclos
Even after the public apology from former IRS tax exempt division head, Lois Lerner, and the subsequent scandal that rocked the White House over specific, deliberate targeting of conservative groups, an IRS agent in closed door testimony before the House Ways & Means Committee, admits that conservative groups are still being targeted.
In a redacted transcript from the committee provided to Secrets, a Ways &  Means investigator asked: "If you saw -- I am asking this currently, if today if a Tea Party case, a group -- a case from a Tea Party group came in to your desk, you reviewed the file and there was no evidence of political activity, would you potentially approve that case? Is that something you would do?"
The agent said, "At this point I would send it to secondary screening, political advocacy."
The committee staffer then said, "So you would treat a Tea Party group as a political advocacy case even if there was no evidence of political activity on the application. Is that right?" The agent admitted, "Based on my current manager's direction, uh-huh."
In the videos below we see more testimony from IRS officials, admitting that IRS targeting is still going on and that the further investigations show that IRS and the FEC are likely sharing data. The last video is American Future Fund founder claiming the IRS and the FEC targeted his group.



Full Wake up America coverage on the IRS scandal can be found here.
IRS Still Targeting Conservatives, Agent Admits (Video)


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