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How the IRS Gave Up Fighting Dark Money Groups
How the IRS Gave Up Fighting Dark Money Groups
April 19, 2019 at 5:41 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 15 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2019/04/19/how-the-irs-gave-up-fighting-dark-money-groups/
"SNIP....
ProPublica: “Since 2015, thousands of complaints have streamed in — from citizens, public interest groups, IRS agents, government officials and more — that C4s are abusing the rules. But the agency has not stripped a single organization of its tax-exempt status for breaking spending rules during that period. (A handful of groups have had their status revoked for failing to file financial statements for three consecutive years.) Most cases do not even reach the IRS committee created to examine them.”
....SNIP"