Based on the limited amount we know now, most agree that the things the IRS seems to have done with these Tea Party type groups were inappropriate and wrong. But what actual laws might have been violated? That’s more complicated. Eric Lach looks at a series of laws – though perhaps not the ones you might expect – that could have some of those IRS agents in trouble.
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