TPA Calls for Release of IRS E-mails Between Cincinnati and Washington, D.C.

Taxpayers Protection Alliance President David Williams issued the following statement in the wake of the Internal Revenue Service scandal, calling on the Obama Administration to release all e-mails between the Cincinnati IRS field office and the Washington, D.C., office:

“Late last week we learned that the Internal Revenue Service was engaged in the inappropriate and possibly criminal targeting of non-profit groups based on their political ideology. We have subsequently discovered that these actions were known to be happening by officials in Washington. The abhorrent practices documented by an Inspector General’s report released this week reveal that IRS Agents selectively targeted nearly 500 groups simply for political reasons, completely disregarding the standards and guidelines that have been clearly laid out for these processes. There is no place for this kind of behavior at an agency as powerful as the IRS and it only serves as a reminder of the ways in which the federal government can abuse their power  without the proper oversight…

“President Obama’s late, tepid response and the resignation of acting IRS Chief Steven Miller are insufficient action.  The Taxpayers Protection Alliance strongly urges an independent investigation of the IRS to determine what took place and who knew about it.  TPA is calling on the Obama Administration to force the release of all e-mails between the Cincinnati IRS field office and the Washington, D.C. IRS headquarters that relate to employees singling out groups for added scrutiny that have names like “Tea Party” or “Patriot” and groups that educate about government spending or the Constitution…

“The American people deserve an honest review and organizations that have been targeted for political purposes deserve more than a resignation and a simple acknowledgement of the wrongdoing that prevented them from doing the work they sought to accomplish. We condemn these actions and hope that the Obama Administration and the Congress will conduct the proper oversight needed to prevent these kinds of abuses from happening again…