Washington Times - Conservative Groups Sue IRS, Demand Approval

May 30, 2013

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By WashingtonTimes.com

More than two dozen conservative groups sued the IRS, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Wednesday accusing them of slow-walking approval of the groups’ tax-exempt status and, in some cases, for disclosing private information.

The lawsuit, filed by the American Center for Law and Justice in a federal court in Washington, demands the IRS be forced to recognize the groups and to find IRS officials violated the groups’ constitutional rights.

“The IRS and the federal government are not going to get away with this unlawful targeting of conservative groups,” said Jay Sekulow, chief lawyer for ACLJ. . . .

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