WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department watchdog who detailed Internal Revenue Service mistreatment of tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status says he has no evidence the IRS also mishandled progressive groups' applications, even as Democrats continue criticizing him for conducting a one-sided probe.
In a letter to Congress that was released on Thursday, the inspector general for tax administration, J. Russell George, acknowledged that the term "Progressives" appeared on a list of terms used by IRS screeners from to look for applicants with potential problems that would merit close scrutiny.
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