The IRS Scandal, Day 29

• House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform Hearing: Collected and Wasted: The IRS Spending Culture and Conference Abuses
  • Testimony of J. Russell George (Inspector General Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration)
  • Testimony of Danny Werfel (Acting IRS Commissioner)
• ABC News:  IRS Workers Say Supervisors Directed Targeting
• The Atlantic:  Proof the IRS Didn't Target Just Conservatives
• The Atlantic:  Washington's Shameful Grandstanding Against the IRS
• Bloomberg:  IRS Inquiries Multiply With Spock Video Next Focus of Ire
• Bloomberg:  IRS Spock Portrayer Apologizes for Inappropriate Parody
• Bloomberg:  Two IRS Officials on Leave Over Free Food at Convention
• CBS News:  IRS Agents: Washington Involved With Tea Party Targeting
• Cincinnati Enquirer:  Despite Frenzy, Main IRS Questions Unanswered
• Commentary:  No Evidence on the Table of Wide IRS Conspiracy
• Daily Caller:  The ‘Strange’ IRS Audit of a Romney Fundraiser and Her Extended Family
• Forbes:  IRS Brass: Did You Order The Code Red?, by Robert W. Wood
• Forbes:  IRS Does Not Spend Enough On Conferences, by Peter J. Reilly
• Fox News:  More Details Emerge on IRS Staffer Claim of Washington Control of Targeting
• Huffington Post:  IRS Approved More Conservative Groups Than Liberal Groups Selected For Review: Report
• McClatchy:  Liberal Groups Say They Don’t See IRS Targeting Their Tax Applications
• National Review:  Hey, Let’s Have the IRS Run Obamacare: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
• National Review:  IRS Lawyer Who Oversaw Tea-Party Targeting Said to be Retiring
• New York Times DealBook:  Art Imitates IRS, or Vice Versa, by Lynnley Browning
• New York Times:    IRS Targeting of Conservatives Wrong, Most Say in Poll
• Reason:  IRS Agents Blame D.C. Officials for Political Targeting
• Tax Analysts:  Substantial Minority of Scrutinized EOs Were Not Conservative, by Martin A. Sullivan
• Town Hall:  IRS: No, We Won't Provide Documents to Congress, In Order to "Protect" Our Victims
• Wall Street Journal editorial:  The Pleistocene IRS
• Wall Street Journal op-ed:  The IRS Can't Plead Incompetence, by Peggy Noonan
• Wall Street Journal op-ed:  An IRS Political Timeline: President Obama Spent Months in 2010 Warning Americans About the 'Threat' to Democracy Posed by Conservative Groups, rRght at the Time the IRS Began Targeting These Groups, by Kimberley Strassel
• Washington Post:  Common Misconceptions About the IRS Controversy
• Washington Post:  IRS Agents in Cincinnati Believe Higher-ups in Washington Directed Tea Party Targeting
• Washington Post:  IRS Official Apologizes for Lavish $4M Conference but Says Agency Followed Government Rules
• Washington Post:  IRS Waste Undermines Federal Employees
• Washington Post:  Plastic Squirting Fish and Other IRS Conference Goodies
• Washington Post:  Six Silly Moments at the IRS Hearing
• Washington Times:  New IRS Chief Sets Out to Win Confidence

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• IRS Admits to Targeting Conservative Groups in 2012 Election (May 10, 2013)
• WaPo and WSJ Agree: IRS Targeting of Conservatives Is Appalling (May 11, 2013)
• Schmalbeck on the IRS 'Targeting' of Conservative Groups (May 12, 2013)
• The Deepening IRS Scandal (May 13, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 5 (May 14, 2013)
• Jon Stewart and Vic Fleischer on the IRS Scandal (May 14, 2013)
• Inspector General: Ineffective IRS Management Allowed Agents to Target Conservative Groups (May 14, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 6 (May 15, 2013)
• Ellen Aprill, The TIGTA Report on the IRS Scandal: Questions About the IRS and About the Report (May 15, 2013)
• Phillip Hackney, The TIGTA Report on the IRS Scandal: Be on the Lookout for False Partisan Witchunts (May 15, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 7 (May 16, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 8 (May 17, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 9 (May 18, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 10 (May 19, 2013)
• SNL on the IRS Scandal (May 19, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 11 (May 20, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal: Really?! (May 20, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 12 (May 21, 2013)
• Steven Colbert on the IRS Scandal (May 21, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 13 (May 22, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 14 (May 23, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 15 (May 24, 2013)
• Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert on the IRS Scandal (May 24, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 16 (May 25, 2013)
• Jason Jones on the IRS Scandal (May 25, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 17 (May 26, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 18 (May 27, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 19 (May 28, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 20 (May 29, 2013)
• The Impact of the IRS Scandal on Tax Reform (May 29, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 21 (May 30, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 22 (May 31, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 23 (June 1, 2013)
• 'Cupid Shuffle' Dance Training Video Adds to IRS Woes (June 1, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 24 (June 2, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 25 (June 3, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 26 (June 4, 2013)
• Jon Stewart on the IRS Scandal (June 4, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 27 (June 5, 2013)
• The IRS Scandal, Day 28 (June 6, 2013)