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Judicial Watch Sues Internal Revenue Service for Records about IRS Monitoring of Churches
July lawsuit settlement with atheist group, IRS admits monitoring churches for allegedly illegal political activity
 
Contact: Jill Farrell, Judicial Watch, 202-646-5188
 
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2014 /Christian Newswire/ -- Judicial Watch announced today that on November 6, 2014, it filed a Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seeking "any and all records" relating to the agency's "monitoring of churches and other tax exempt religious organizations" for alleged political activity. The lawsuit also seeks communications between the IRS and the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) concerning such alleged political activities. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Judicial Watch v. Internal Revenue Service (No. 1:14-cv-01872).
 
In 2012, the FFRF filed a lawsuit alleging that the IRS had routinely ignored its complaints about churches promoting political candidates, issues or proposed legislation. In July 2014, the IRS announced that, according to the terms of an agreement reached with the FFRF, it had been monitoring churches and other houses of worship for electioneering and other political activity. According to June 27, 2014, IRS letter to the Justice Department, the IRS has targeted 99 churches it said merited "high priority examination" for allegedly illegal electioneering activities. This church-targeting was determined by an IRS "Political Activities Referral Committee."
 
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