'WHOA'! Lois Lerner reportedly tried to target Sen. Grassley for IRS examination?

Sarah D. | 4:45 PM on June 25, 2014

This does not look good:

#BREAKING: #IRS email dump to Congress reveal Lois Lerner sought to have Sen Chuck Grassley (R-IA) referred for IRS examination.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 25, 2014

Sources tell Fox #IRS's Lerner came across invitation for Grassley to event. Lerner then referred Grassley for probe.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 25, 2014

Ways/Means Cmte Chair Camp finds effort by Lerner to target Sen Grassley "shocking" #IRS

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 25, 2014

Camp: At every turn, Lerner was using the IRS as a tool for political purposes in defiance of taxpayer rights.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 25, 2014

#IRS Emails reveal Lerner mistakenly received invitation to a speaking event for Grassley. Referred him for possible tax probe.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 25, 2014

Damning.

https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/481898650076196866

From the House Ways and Means Committee’s statement:

“We have seen a lot of unbelievable things in this investigation, but the fact that Lois Lerner attempted to initiate an apparently baseless IRS examination against a sitting Republican United States Senator is shocking,” said Camp. “At every turn, Lerner was using the IRS as a tool for political purposes in defiance of taxpayer rights. We may never know the full extent of the abuse since the IRS conveniently lost two years of Lerner emails, not to mention those of other key figures in this scandal. The fact that DOJ refuses to investigate the IRS’s abuses or appoint a special counsel demonstrates, yet again, this Administration’s unwillingness to uphold the rule of law.”