Congress’s inquiry into IRS abuses has now expanded beyond the hounding of domestic-policy conservative groups to Israel related ones. In a letter today the Chairman and minority leader of the Ways and Means Committee demand information on whether the agency “undertook special reviews of organizations whose missions involve Israel” and whose activities “contradict or are inconsistent with the Administration’s policies.” Will this be within the scope of the Justice Department investigation?
Again, if the IRS did so, it was only doing what the New York Times (and Peace Now and J Street) told it to.
The Acting Commissioner appears for a hearing on Friday (after the Jewish holiday of Shavuot).