REPORT: Lois Lerner let unions get away with misreporting millions

According to the Daily Caller, Lois Lerner may have been playing favorites in letting unions get away with misreporting millions in political expenditures:

In 2006, the year leading up to Lerner’s email, the national headquarters for the AFL-CIO reported no direct or indirect political expenditures with the IRS on their 990 form, leaving the line 81a blank. That same year, the AFL-CIO reported $29,585,661 in political activities with the Department of Labor.

Also in 2006 the Teamsters Union reported no political expenditures with the IRS while at the same time reporting $7,081,965 with the Labor Department.

Again in 2006, Unite-Here reported no political activity with the IRS and $1,451,002 with the Labor Department.

In 2005, the National Education Association also reported no political expenditures with the IRS while at the same time reporting $24,985,250 with the Labor Department.

To this report, Lerner said the following via email:

We believe this difference in reporting does not necessarily indicate that the organization has incorrectly reported to either the DOL or the IRS.

Lerner did admit though that some of this was concerning:

Having said that, we did see some instances that raised concerns and we referred that information to our Dallas office to determine whether examination is warranted.

Despite forwarding it on to the Dallas office, it doesn’t appear that any further investigation was conducted, according to the Daily Caller.

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