Obama donor leading Justice probe of IRS targeting

The Justice Department appointed a political donor of President Obama to head its criminal investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a member of the panel, said they discovered that Barbara Bosserman, a Justice Department trial lawyer spearheading the department’s investigation of the IRS targeting, has donated at least $6,750 to Obama’s election campaigns and the Democratic National Committee over the last several years.