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Sean Higgins

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Sean Higgins is senior editorial writer for The Washington Examiner. He was previously Washington correspondent for Investor's Business Daily. A Virginia native, he now lives in Arlington.

NY Times: IRS targeting based on manager’s directive

Sean Higgins

Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

Following up on my post from Sunday about the Washington Post burying the lede in their story about the Cincinnati Internal Revenue Service office, the New York Times has a similar story up Monday that essentially confirms that the targeting of Tea Party groups came from the top. The Times...

Anonymous Cincinnati IRS official: “Everything comes from the top.”

Sean Higgins

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013

A story in the Washington Post yesterday about the Internal Revenue Service’s Cincinnati office, which does most of the agency’s nonprofit auditing, clearly contradicted earlier reports that the agency’s targeting of Tea Party groups was the result of rogue agents. The Post story...

Bulworth screenwriter: Obama is no Bulworth

Sean Higgins

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

Over at the Nation, Jeremy Pikser, who co-wrote the Warren Beatty film Bulworth offers his reaction to the report that President Obama has considered “going Bulworth” according to the New York Times. Pikser’s article is titled: “I knew J. Billington Bulworth, and you, Mr. President, are...

More on Thomas Perez, disparate impact and the Supreme Court

Sean Higgins

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

Terry Eastland focuses on Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez’s unusual quid pro quo with the city of St. Paul in the latest edition of the Weekly Standard, a story we have devoted more than a few pixels to here. Perez’s deal involved getting the city to drop a case bound for the Supreme...

How many nonprofit auditors does the IRS have?

Sean Higgins

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

In its Saturday edition the Washington Post featured two separate front-page stories about the controversy engulfing the Internal Revenue Service for its targeting of Tea Party groups seeking nonprofit status. Both stories featured completely different figures for the number of auditors the IRS...