IRS chief’s reaction after learning about Tea Party targeting: ‘Oh, s–t’

By Joseph Lawler

Published July 28, 2016 3:08pm ET

IRS chief’s reaction after learning about Tea Party targeting: ‘Oh, s–t’ — Then-IRS chief Steven Miller threw his pencil across the room and yelled, "Oh, s—t" when he was told about IRS targeting Tea Party groups. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) | Charles Dharapak

Then-IRS chief Steven Miller threw his pencil across the room and yelled, “Oh, s—t” when he was told in the spring of 2012 that his agency had been targeting Tea Party groups for heightened security, according to newly released documents.

That anecdote is among the new revelations found in documents uncovered by the FBI investigation into the IRS targeting scandal obtained by the conservative group Judicial Watch. The group obtained them through a court order and released them Thursday.