IG: Liberal Groups Faced Less Scrutiny by IRS

So ends the claim that there's no scandal

Liberal groups seeking tax-exempt status faced less IRS scrutiny than Tea Party groups, according to the Treasury inspector general. 

Russell George, Treasury's inspector general for tax administration, told Rep. Sandy Levin (D-Mich.) in a letter dated Wednesday that the IRS did not use inappropriate criteria to scrutinize groups with "progressives" in their name seeking tax-exempt status.

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[JWatts]

That headline is somewhat misleading. From the article:

"Our audit did not find evidence that the IRS used the 'progressives' identifier as selection criteria for potential political cases between May 2010 and May 2012," George wrote in the letter obtained by The Hill.

The inspector general also stressed that 100 percent of the groups with "Tea Party," "patriots" and "9/12" in their name were flagged for extra attention.