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By Stephen Dinan, Apr. 9, 2014, The Washington Times
Even as the IRS
faces growing heat over Lois G.
Lerner and the tea party targeting scandal, a government watchdog
said Wednesday it’s pursuing cases against three other tax agency employees and
offices suspected of illegal political activity in support of President Obama
and fellow Democrats.
In one case the Office of Special Counsel, which
investigates federal employees who conduct politics on government time, said it
was “commonplace” in a Dallas IRS
office for employees to have pro-Obama
screensavers on their computers, and to have campaign-style buttons and
stickers at their office.
In another case, a worker at the tax agency’s customer help
line urged taxpayers “to re-elect President Obama
in 2012 by repeatedly reciting a chant based on the spelling of his last name,”
the Office of Special Counsel said in a statement.
OSC said it is seeking “significant disciplinary action”
against that employee.
Another IRS
employee in Kentucky has agreed to serve a 14-day suspension for blasting
Republicans in a conversation with a taxpayer.
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