(Headlines & Global News) Some 2,500 documents that “potentially” show taxpayer information held by the Internal Revenue Service was reportedly shared with the Obama administration, according to a shocking revelation by the Treasury Inspector General.
The discovery, revealed to the group Cause of Action which has sued for access to any of the documents, speculates that both the IRS and White House were working together to harass taxpayers, The Washington Examiner reported.
A large number of documents suggest that President Obama’s White House was directly involved in probes of taxpayers, likely including conservatives and Tea Party groups associated with the IRS scandal, an official revealed in an email from the Justice Department’s tax office.
