Except: A series of emails and transcripts demonstrate that Cincinnati-based agents saw Tea Party protesters on television and informed Washington D.C. about a Tea Party group’s application for tax-exempt status. Soon, D.C. officials decided to target groups with conservative orientations. According to USA Today, “The records show that it was low-level employees in Cincinnati -- where all tax-exempt applications are processed --who first flagged Tea Party cases for review, but they engaged their managers in Washington early on.” The initiator of the original scrutiny was IRS agent Jack Koester, who emailed his boss, John Shafer. Shafer informed his superiors in D.C., who quickly elevated it as a “high profile case.” Shafter wrote, “This case will be sent to inventory for further development. Political campaigns on behalf (of) or in opposition to any political candidate do not promote social welfare.”
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:13:35 +0000
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