Is Breitbart audit evidence of IRS assault on conservative media outlets?

By Mark Tapscott
Published September 12, 2014 4:17pm ET
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Is Breitbart audit evidence of IRS assault on conservative media outlets?
Anti-tax hiker Grover Norquist wonders whether the Internal Revenue Service audit of Breitbart News represents a new front in the federal agency's targeting of conservative groups. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) | Manuel Balce Ceneta

Anti-tax hiker Grover Norquist wonders if the Internal Revenue Service audit of Breitbart News represents a new front in the federal agency’s targeting of conservative groups.

“An audit here looks awfully convenient given the facts and circumstances,” Norquist said in a letter Friday to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.

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