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Two reasons why IRS scandal is not going away anytime soon

By Mark Tapscott
Published June 17, 2014 12:48pm ET
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Two reasons why IRS scandal is not going away anytime soon
From left, Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of King Street Patriots; Cleta Mitchell, Partner Foley and Lardner LLP; Becky Gerritson, founder and President Wetumpka Tea Party, Inc.; and Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel American Center for Law and Justice, are sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. prior to testifying before the House subcommittee on Economic Growth subcommittee's hearing investigating the Justice Department's investigation into the IRS abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) | Pablo Martinez Monsivais

There are many reasons why the IRS scandal won’t be going away any time soon, but two of the biggest are Cleta Mitchell and Jay Sekulow.

Mitchell is a tough-as-nails Washington attorney and former Oklahoma Democratic state legislator who specializes in campaign finance law and represents several of the key Tea Party groups in the scandal.

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