Senate subcommittee: No political bias in IRS targeting

Federal Times: A Senate subcommittee has confirmed the findings that the Internal Revenue Service used inappropriate criteria to target Tea Party groups for scrutiny, but also found “no evidence of IRS political bias” in selecting those groups for added scrutiny.

“The lack of political bias doesn’t mean, however, that the IRS acted properly,” said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich, the chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The report found mismanagement and poor communication were responsible for “inappropriate, intrusive, and burdensome questioning of groups,” but said conservative groups were not the only ones targeted.

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