Lois Lerner to Retire from IRS
Employee at the heart of Tea Party review scandal
The Internal Revenue Service says an official at the center of the agency's tea party scandal is retiring.
Lois Lerner headed the IRS division that handles applications for tax-exempt status when she was placed on paid leave in May. While she was in charge, the agency acknowledged that agents improperly targeted tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status from 2010 to 2012.
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