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Remember the IRS targeting scandal? No one ever got punished for it

By Bradley A. Smith
Published January 18, 2018 8:55pm ET
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Remember the IRS targeting scandal? No one ever got punished for it
Lois Lerner, the head of the IRS unit at the heart of the scandal, retired with a full pension, and no disciplinary action was taken against any IRS employee. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File) | Lauren Victoria Burke

Remember the scandal that erupted in 2013 when the IRS was found to be targeting conservative organizations for harassment? President Barack Obama called such conduct “outrageous.” “There’s no place for it,” he added, and assured the public that “[the IRS] have to be held fully accountable.”

And then nothing happened.

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