Recalling the scandalous Obama-era IRS targeting of tea party organizers, a legal watchdog has gone to court to demand that the tax agency reveal if it is back in the spying business — this time on Jan. 6 Capitol riot participants and supporters.

In a newly revealed lawsuit, Washington-based Judicial Watch speculated that the IRS targeted those involved in a possible punishment over President Donald Trump’s promise of sweeping pardons for hundreds of rioters who halted the Electoral College election process of Joe Biden on Jan. 6, 2021.