The latest IRS scandal is getting worse — and the official watchdog’s report hasn’t even been released yet. Today we learned that the same IRS office that admitted to targeting Tea Party groups for extra scrutiny also released confidential documents from several conservative groups to “independent” (that is, liberal) news organization ProPublica.
ProPublica admits IRS sent them confidential applications from conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status http://t.co/lSqnQrK1eD
— Will (@Will6cx) May 14, 2013
Confidential information from groups like Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS made it into the hands of ProPublica late last year, and now ProPublica reports that the IRS’ Cincinnati office was the source of the documents. “No unapproved applications from liberal groups were sent to ProPublica,” the site reports, while data from nine conservative groups was leaked. The independent investigative journalists at ProPublica went ahead and reported on Crossroads’ confidential application, somehow forgetting to investigate just how they came by confidential documents in the first place — until now.
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Ironically, the only nonprofit that the IRS exposed as frauds is @ProPublica.
— Jonathan Blake (@jblakemn) May 14, 2013
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Looks like @ProPublica cozy w/criminals @IRS, not just low-level CO drug dealers and traffickers in stolen property. What say you now @AP ?
— American Tradition P (@ATPAmerica) May 14, 2013
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