Taxable Talk

In the IRS scandal news of the day, we learned today that Lois Lerner apparently targeted Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and his wife for an audit. In an email, Lois Lerner wrote,

Is this the one where we got the copy to Grassley? Did he get one to me?
Looked like they were inappropriately offering to pay for his wife. Perhaps we should refer to Exam?

Of course, there’s nothing to see there. Nor is there anything to see here:

The Daily Signal has learned that, under a consent judgment today, the IRS agreed to pay $50,000 in damages to the National Organization for Marriage as a result of the unlawful release of the confidential information to a gay rights group, the Human Rights Campaign, that is NOM’s chief political rival.

“Congress made the disclosure of confidential tax return information a serious matter for a reason,” NOM Chairman John D. Eastman told The Daily Signal. “We’re delighted that the IRS has now been held accountable for the illegal disclosure of our list of major donors from our tax return.”

Yeah, there’s not even a smidgen of corruption (not). Of course, President Obama said earlier this year just that–that there is not even a smidgen of corruption:

Of course, we’re going to find out quickly how that DOJ investigation is going. Uh, the DOJ isn’t investigating the clear violation of the law of the leaking of the donor list of NOM. Well how about the DOJ investigation of the IRS scandal? My reply is simple: What investigation? There hasn’t appeared to be one from day one.

Yes, there’s nothing to see here:

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