The IRS Scandal, 843

Washington Examiner, Judge: IRS Must Hand Over White House Record Requests:

The Internal Revenue Service must turn over any White House requests for taxpayers' private information, a federal judge ruled Friday.

The IRS cannot cite taxpayer confidentiality laws to avoid turning over the information requested by Cause of Action, Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled. Cause of Action has waged a two-year battle to discover whether Obama administration officials had any hand in the IRS' targeting of conservative non-profits.

The IRS cannot cite privacy protection "to shield the very misconduct it was enacted to prohibit," the judge said Friday, according to the Washington Times.

"This court questions whether section 6103 [of the tax code] should or would shield records that indicate confidential taxpayer information was misused, or that government officials made an improper attempt to access that information," wrote Jackson.

Questions about whether the White House directed the IRS' targeting of conservative nonprofits have dogged the administration since the scandal first broke. At one point "then-White House chief economist seemed to describe the tax structure of Koch Industries during a briefing with reporters," increasing speculation, reports the Washington Times.

So far there is no evidence pointing to White House involvement — in part because the IRS has blocked the release of the necessary documents. The agency refused to turn over even administration requests for records since they were first requested in 2013.

Friday's ruling in favor of Cause of Action will change all that.

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