2023-07-252023-07-252014-06-16https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14300/1037This report from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform finds that Obama's rhetoric against Citizens United and so-called "shadow" groups posing as nonprofits led to the IRS's targeting of conservative tax-exempt applicants. The Committee's investigation shows that as the President generated attention to the issue of nonprofit political speech in 2010, IRS employees followed his public messaging. As a result of the IRS targeting, hundreds of tax-exempt applicants were singled out for scrutiny on undeniably political grounds. This report chronicles the public statements about the Citizens United decision, the DISCLOSE Act, and comments regarding nonprofit political speechmade by President Obama, his senior White House advisors, and other prominent Democrats throughout 2010.77 pagesenStaff ReportsHouse Majority Staff Report20: Government Operations2002: Government Efficiency, General Regulatory Policy and Bureaucratic Oversighthttps://web.archive.org/web/20230614214049/https://oversight.house.gov/report/pressure-left-led-irs-doj-restrict-freedom-speech/113Yes