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comment by OberynKenobi
OberynKenobi  ·  3974 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: IRS Apologizes for Targeting Conservative Groups

I thought the issue was that they were classified as 501(c)(4) organizations which, at least nominally, are supposed to promote "social welfare". Including political campaigning and raising money for your ideological brethren is a pretty broad reading of the law, I think.