Maybe two wrongs can make a right.
Internal Revenue Service watchdog Russell George said there is new evidence to suggest that Tea Party affiliated groups were not the only ones subject to cherry-picking by IRS employees for extra scrutiny based on their names.
George, a Republican, told a congressional committee on Thursday that the IRS also used "progressives" as a search term to flag organizations for added review in their applications for tax-exempt status. The news is the latest twist in the three-month-old controversy plaguing the IRS.![]()
