IRS ‘Targeting’ Focus Now Turns to Lois Lerner

A formal apology and reported $3.5 million settlement by the IRS with tea party and other conservative organizations the federal agency targeted during the 2012 election may not be the end of the story.

Just as apologizing – even sincerely – to a highway patrol officer may not enable a driver to avoid a traffic ticket.

Several individuals and groups that were victimized by the IRS tax-exempt organizations division run by Lois Lerner are calling for the reopening of a criminal investigation into her activities.

WND reported Friday the IRS offered a “sincere apology” for the Obama administration’s manipulation of the feared federal agency to target conservative organizations when Barack Obama was seeking re-election.

“For such treatment, the IRS expresses its sincere apology,” the agency said in a proposed consent order to resolve a number of lawsuits against the government brought by the injured organizations. (Read more from “IRS ‘Targeting’ Focus Now Turns to Lois Lerner” HERE)

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