By DAVID MARTOSKO IN WASHINGTON
When a Tennessee lawyer asked the IRS for tax-exempt status for a mentoring group that trained high school and college students about conservative political philosophy, the agency responded with a list of 95 questions in 31 parts, including an ultimatum for a list of everyone the group had trained, or planned to train.
\’Provide details regarding all training you have provided or will provide,\’ the IRS demanded. \’Indicate who has received or will receive the training and submit copies of the training material.\’
That question was part of the tax collection agency\’s February 14, 2012 letter to Kevin Kookogey. founder of the group Linchpins of Liberty. He had submitted his application 13 months earlier.
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Three of the more than 90 questions the IRS posed to Linchpins of Liberty, including (#24) the demand for a list of everyone the organization had trained, or planned to train – all of whom would be students in college and high school
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