In another sign of a fadeout of the four-year controversy over alleged political bias at the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department on Thursday announced that it had entered into settlements in two cases brought by conservative groups that claimed they were targeted for delays in their applications for nonprofit status. “It is now clear that during the last administration, the IRS began using inappropriate criteria to screen applications for 501 status,” said Attorney General Jeff Sessions, referring to agency screeners who performed extra scrutiny on groups whose names contained words such as “Tea Party” or “Patriots” or “9/12.”
Justice Settles with Conservative Groups that Sued IRS Claiming Targeting
