Gross Mismanagement at the IRS: Time For a Special Counsel
It’s a report we have been waiting for. Two years in the making. Now, the Senate Finance Committee has released its findings after conducting an investigation into the unconstitutional IRS targeting of grassroots conservative organizations applying for tax-exempt status.
The findings of the bipartisan report: gross mismanagement at the IRS – including by former top IRS official Lois Lerner – during the targeting scandal. But more than that, the evidence shows partisan political animus resulted in the unwarranted targeting of conservative groups because of their political beliefs.
“This bipartisan investigation shows gross mismanagement at the highest levels of the IRS and confirms an unacceptable truth: that the IRS is prone to abuse,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. “The Committee found evidence that the administration’s political agenda guided the IRS’s actions with respect to their treatment of conservative groups. Personal politics of IRS employees, such as Lois Lerner, also impacted how the IRS conducted its business. American taxpayers should expect more from the IRS and deserve an IRS that lives up to its mission statement of administering the tax laws fairly and impartially – regardless of political affiliation.”