Official: Treasury played no role in IRS targeting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department's No. 2 official is telling Congress that his agency played no role in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups. In a prepared statement, Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday that he learned last year that a Treasury inspector general was investigating the targeting. The IRS has revealed it subjected tea party and other conservative groups seeking non-profit to to...
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