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Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner testifies March 5, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Investigators said Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, they have recovered 32,000 emails related to the former IRS official at the heart of the agency’s tea party scandal. But they don’t know how many of them are new. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Judge approves $3.5 million settlement from IRS to tea party groups

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ohio joins battle to force Lois Lerner records be released

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former IRS senior executive Lois G. Lerner told a federal court last week that there's "no legitimate" reason why the public should see her testimony about her role in tea party targeting, pleading with a judge to keep her deposition permanently sealed. (Associated Press).

Lois Lerner: ‘Exceedingly low’ public interest in her IRS testimony

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former IRS executive Lois G. Lerner. (Associated Press/File)

Lois Lerner cites years-old threats to keep her IRS activities secret

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former IRS executive Lois G. Lerner has told a federal court that members of her family, including "young children," face death threats if her deposition is released to the public. (Associated Press/File)

Lois Lerner, Holly Paz want testimony sealed permanently

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Tea Party supporters gather for a rally outside the IRS headquarter in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. A few dozen tea party activists and their supporters have gathered outside the IRS headquarters in Washington to protest extra scrutiny of their organizations. (Associated Press) **FILE**

GOP congressman says tea party apology ‘not accepted’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former IRS senior executive Lois G. Lerner failed to stop her employees from political targeting and hid the bad behavior from her bosses for two years, the government says. (Associated Press/File)

Tea party groups targeted by IRS get $3.5 million settlement

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former IRS executive Lois Lerner fears threats if her testimony in the tea party-targeting scandal is made public. A judge agreed her testimony can be secret for now. (Associated Press)

Trump administration apologizes for IRS tea party targeting, faults Lois Lerner

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Lois Lerner (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Lois Lerner cleared of tea party targeting charges

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Lois Lerner is the former IRS official at the center of a controversy over how the agency treated conservative political groups. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Donald Trump’s DOJ won’t pursue charges against Lois Lerner, former IRS senior executive

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former IRS executive Lois Lerner fears threats if her testimony in the tea party-targeting scandal is made public. A judge agreed her testimony can be secret for now. (Associated Press)

Lois Lerner’s tea party-targeting testimony can stay secret: Judge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former IRS executive Lois G. Lerner. (Associated Press/File)

Lois Lerner says she faced death threats over IRS tea party targeting

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former IRS executive Lois G. Lerner. (Associated Press/File)

GOP wants Donald Trump to reopen criminal probe into IRS’s Lois Lerner

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Justice Department investigators said none of the witnesses they interviewed believed Lois G. Lerner acted out of political motives and that Ms. Lerner seemed to try to correct the inappropriate scrutiny once she "recognized that it was wrong." (Associated Press)

IRS tea party targeting accusations, legal issues persist after Justice ends probe

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Lois Lerner's emails became an issue after she was singled out as a key figure in the IRS's treatment of tea party and conservative groups who sought tax-exempt status. The IRS improperly delayed hundreds of applications and sent out intrusive questionnaires asking what the agency now says were inappropriate inquiries. (Associated Press)

Lois Lerner will not face charges in Department of Justice investigation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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IRS reveals another private email account for Lois Lerner

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen (Associated Press) **FILE**

Judge threatens to hold Obama’s lawyers in contempt over Lerner’s IRS emails

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Lois G. Lerner, who was head of the IRS division that scrutinized the tea party applications until she retired while under investigation in 2013, suffered a computer hard drive crash that cost potentially thousands of emails that should have been part of the record. (Associated Press)

Lois Lerner’s lost IRS email shows agency tried to block congressional scrutiny: watchdog

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 2, 2015, file photo, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing examining the IRS data breach. The IRS is joining with state and private industry to combat identity theft by sharing more data about how tax returns are filed and taking other steps, Koskinen announced Thursday, June 11. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) — FILE

John Koskinen, IRS chief, must resign, say House Republicans

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Lois Lerner is the former IRS official at the center of a controversy over how the agency treated conservative political groups. (Associated Press) **FILE**

IRS erased Lois Lerner’s emails even after subpoena, audit says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times