Steve Benen notes the passing of a scandal, although the GOP won’t let a trivial detail such as an official finding of no criminal activity stand in their way.
In a letter (pdf) to the House Judiciary Committee’s leadership, the DOJ official explained, “Our investigation uncovered substantial evidence of mismanagement, poor judgment and institutional inertia, leading to the belief by many tax-exempt applicants that the IRS targeted them based on their political viewpoints. But poor management is not a crime, We found no evidence that any IRS official acted on political, discriminatory, corrupt, or other inappropriate motives that would support a criminal prosecution.”
When your ideology is that the other side is evil, this is what we see – like dogs worrying at a 20 pound lump of chocolate.
