Reid: Alleged IRS Targeting ‘Terrible Breach Of The Public’s Trust’

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) joined his fellow Democrats on Monday in condemning an admission by the Internal Revenue Agency that employees inappropriately singled out conservative non-profit groups for further reviews during the 2012 election, but advised that “no one should jump to conclusions” before an independent review by the Treasury Department’s Inspector General.

“The alleged actions of IRS employees in the Cincinnati field office would be a terrible breach of the public’s trust, whether they are investigating conservative groups or liberal groups, they should not be involved in this,” Reid said on the Senate floor. “Targeting any group based on its political stance is completely inappropriate. We need to get to the bottom of what happened and the inspector general will get to the bottom of this.

He added: “In the meantime, no one should jump to conclusions. We should all rest assured as soon as we have the inspector general’s report, the Senate will swiftly take appropriate action. I have spoken today to the senior senator from Montana, hairman of the Finance Committee, Max Baucus, and he is looking into this matter in his role as finance chairman of that committee.”

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