CNN: Lerner’s Grassley E-Mail Shows the IRS Was on a ‘Political Witch-Hunt’

CNN Panel: Lerner’s Grassley Email Suggests IRS Was On a ‘Political Witch-Hunt’ (Washington Free Beacon)

A CNN panel slammed Lois Lerner for attempting to target Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) with an audit, saying it adds to suspicions that the IRS was on a “political witch-hunt.”

Congressional investigators discovered emails Wednesday between Lois Lerner and another IRS official, where Lerner revealed that she had accidentally been sent an invitation to an event meant for Grassley. The event organizer had offered to pay for Grassley’s wife. Since this was potential inappropriate behavior, Lerner asked her colleague if they could audit him. The colleague told her they could not audit without knowing whether Grassley had even taken the event organizer’s offer.