Documents show IRS targeted liberal groups

Published August 20, 2013 4:00am ET



The top Democrats on two House panels investigating the Internal Revenue Service’s inappropriate targeting of conservative groups say they have new evidence showing the agency also gave liberal groups extra scrutiny.

Ways and Means Committee ranking member Sander Levin of Michigan on Tuesday made public previously redacted IRS training documents showing that agency employees were instructed to screen tax-exemption applications for Democratic-leaning “emerge” organizations alongside “progressive” and conservative “Tea Party” groups.

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