The IRS’ penchant for unfairly targeting certain political groups may have been worse and more far-reaching than we had originally thought? Color us shocked!
Trying my best shocked face RT @KFIAM640: New #IRS chief says inappropriate screening of groups was broader, lasted longer than disclosed.
— ?SúperStabbyLatina ? (@SuperAndrea) June 24, 2013
The AP reports that acting IRS chief Danny Werfel said recently “discovered inappropriate and wide-ranging criteria in lists screeners use to single out groups for careful examinations.”
AP: IRS chief found "inappropriate and wide-ranging criteria" used to single out groups for further examinations
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) June 24, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — New IRS chief says inappropriate screening of groups was broader, lasted longer than disclosed
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) June 24, 2013
More via USA Today:
Werfel said Monday that an internal IRS probe has turned up other, similar lists, which were in use by tax-exempt screeners when he took over as IRS chief at the end of May.
“There were a series of these types of lists being used in this part of the IRS as part of their review of tax-exempt applications,” Werfel said in a conference call with reporters. “We believe there continued to be inappropriate or questionable criteria on these BOLO lists.”
He declined to say what criteria or terms were on the additional BOLO lists, although he suggested they cast a wide net.
Werfel has reportedly suspended the use of BOLO lists.
Interestingly:
Acting IRS chief Danny Werfel is scheduled to testify this Thursday before the House Ways & Means Committee
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) June 24, 2013
Will he elaborate on his recent “discovery”? It may take some prodding. According to the AP, Werfel admits that there was “insufficient action” on the parts of IRS officials when it came to addressing the extra scrutiny of conservative groups, but he has “not found evidence of intentional wrongdoing by anyone in the IRS or involvement in these matters by anyone outside the IRS.”
IRS report says heads did roll and more may follow as another review is being done. Though, "not found evidence of intentional wrongdoing"
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) June 24, 2013
Seriously, dude?
IRS claims its systematic suppression of political dissent was totally accidental.
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) June 24, 2013
If that’s true, the IRS is even more inept than we thought:
Werfel says targeting was even wider and longer than we thought, but no one intentionally did it. That's how self-investigations work. #IRS
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) June 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/349250368737259520
IRS inspect themselves say targeting lasted longer & broader than known but not wrong done by anyone inside or outside found..TRUST ME!
— Dog (@u2biker) June 24, 2013
IRS: Scrutiny of conservatives was awful, long, and length of time was lied about, but nobody did anything wrong
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) June 24, 2013
An IRS that can accidentally target some groups for years, w/o anyone knowing about it is a huge problem that needs fixing.
— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) June 24, 2013
No kidding. New Jersey GOP Rep. Frank LoBiondo sums up the revelations perfectly:
Rep Frank LoBiondo R-NJ on latest IRS admission: "Unacceptable"
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) June 24, 2013
Bingo.
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Update:
Findings from Werfel’s “review”:
IRS fact sheet on the targeting of political groups at http://t.co/25w1AW17ZO
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) June 24, 2013
And the White House has actually issued a statement this time around:
A lot quicker this time, eh? RT @EvanMcSan: WH statement on IRS report http://t.co/eVwqd37mnn
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) June 24, 2013
Breaking: Obama didn't have to wait to see this one in the news.
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) June 24, 2013
Amazing.
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