Scary in a jack booted fascism kind of way. --- http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/7/house-republicans-find-10-of-tea-party-donors-audi/ Despite assurances to the contrary, the IRS didnât destroy all of the donor lists scooped up in its tea party targeting â and a check of those lists reveals that the tax agency audited 10 percent of those donors, much higher than the audit rate for average Americans, House Republicans revealed Wednesday. Republicans argue that the Internal Revenue Service still hasnât come clean about the full extent of its targeting, which swept up dozens of conservative groups. PHOTOS: The ugliest political figures in modern history âThe committee uncovered new information indicating that after groups provided the information to the IRS, nearly one in 10 donors were subject to audit,â Rep. Charles W. Boustany Jr., Louisiana Republican and chairman of the Ways and Means Committeeâs oversight panel, told IRS Commissioner John Koskinen at a hearing Wednesday. âThe abuse of discretion and audit selection must be identified and stopped,â he said. Mr. Koskinen didnât specifically address the accusations during the hearing, and the IRS didnât respond to a request for comment late Wednesday evening. The revelation was made on the same day that the House voted on a nonbinding resolution asking the Justice Department to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the IRS targeting. Investigators last year reported that the IRS singled out tea party and other conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status and gave them special scrutiny, including asking inappropriate questions about their activities and membership. The request for donor lists was among the inappropriate activities. The IRS initially denied to Congress that it was singling out tea party groups, despite vocal complaints from groups that had their applications delayed for years. But faced with the internal audit, the agency admitted it had been subjecting these groups to special scrutiny. SEE ALSO: House votes to find IRSâs Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...nd-10-of-tea-party-donors-audi/#ixzz319mmiusl Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
From further down in the article: The IRS reported back that 10 percent were audited â substantially higher than the average rate of 1 percent of average Americans who are audited each year.