IRS admits targeting Tea Party – The Hill’s Ballot Box

The IRS apologized Friday for flagging Tea Party groups for a higher level of scrutiny than other organizations during the 2012 election.

Lois Lerner, the director of the agency’s section that oversees tax-exempt organizations, said that career employees at an Ohio office had plucked out groups with “patriot” or “Tea Party” for additional reviews — a decision she termed an “error in judgment.”

“The IRS has demonstrated the most disturbing, illegal and outrageous abuse of government power,” said Jenny Beth Martin, national coordinator for Tea Party Patriots. “This deliberate targeting and harassment of Tea Party groups reaches a new low in illegal government activity and overreach.”

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