Judge to IRS: 'Strong showing' discrimination occurred against tea party group
A federal judge ruled this month in a lawsuit in the ongoing IRS tea party saga that there was "a strong showing" that the agency had discriminated against conservative groups because of their political stances.
And U.S. District Court Judge Michael R. Barrett wrote in a decision that a particular group suing the IRS "has made a strong showing of a likelihood of success" on its claim that its free speech rights were violated by the delay in processing the application.
He ordered the IRS to continue processing the application from the group, called the Texas Patriots Tea Party, even as the IRS fights the Patriots' lawsuit....
