National Review Online - What to Expect When the IRS Scandal Hits Federal Court Next Week

By Kathryn Jean Lopez, NationalReview.com

The IRS will be going to court, if Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice, has anything to say about it. ACLJ currently represents 25 tea-party groups who believe they were targeted by the IRS because of their politics. Sekulow talks with National Review Online about what he’s looking at and about the court case to come.

KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ: When did you first realize there was a real scandal involving the IRS?

JAY SEKULOW: We became aware of a problem in late 2011 and early 2012, when we were started receiving calls from a number of conservative groups that had concerns about the questions they were receiving from the IRS concerning their applications for tax-exempt status. More and more requests for assistance came into our offices in early 2012, and I assembled a legal team to investigate. It didn’t take long to realize what was happening: a coordinated attempt by the IRS to target and intimidate these conservative groups. . . .

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