Why is it that the IRS is fixated on getting the names of all of the people that have in any way associated themselves with organizations whose only crime has been they disagree with the current administration?

What's come across to me, very clearly, is this obsession of the IRS with names. They were demanding the names of all the volunteers and donors in these nearly 500 organizations. In some cases, they were demanding the names of family members and associates. They demanded the names of students at the Leadership Institute, which is a group that simply brings together young people to educate them in founding principles of our country.

What are all of these names? How are these names being used? Why is it that the IRS is fixated on getting the names of all of the people that have in any way associated themselves with organizations whose only crime has been they disagree with the current administration? That disturbs me more than anything else, and makes this one of the most sinister acts I think is possible in our government.

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