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IRS planned to crack down on Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS before scandal blew up

IRS planned to crack down on Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS before scandal blew up

A GOP-led House committee voted Wednesday to seek criminal charges against former IRS official Lois Lerner, who used to run the IRS division in charge of tax-exempt groups. In a party-line vote, the committee accused Lerner of unfairly targeting the applications of conservative groups and misleading the Treasury inspector general, which was auditing the IRS based on allegations of bias against conservative groups.