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Irs had to give special scrutiny to organizations connected to israel. >> in june 2011 the internal revenue service began looking at organizations focused on government spending, debt or taxes and advocacy groups focused on making america a better place to live. in january of 20121012 specialists told be look on groups limiting government, constitution bill of rights and more. this confirms the suspicions of conservative lawmakers. >> if you use constitution, bill of rights, patriot, or tea party you were likely to have a very rough time where apparently if you used progressive or move on you ...

Tea party and other conservative groups that rose to power early in the president's first term were unfairly targeted for special scrutiny by the irs. and some agency officials knew as early as june 2011 according to an irs audit that sources tell cnn is expected to be released this week. >> this is truly outrageous. and it contributes to the profound distrust that the american people have in government. >> i don't care if you're a conservative, liberal, democrat or republican, this should send a chill up your spine. >> reporter: the audit will show irs agents singled out groups, some with tea...

Admission after it was caught that it specifically targeted the tax status of conservative groups during the 2012 elections. but not just conservative groups. the news first broke on friday. we brought it to you here. we have since learned the irs' actions went much further than was originally first reported. an inspector general's report, they were working on this, examining the irs, and it was determined they had done some things. then came the sudden add milgs. they find this practice started back in early 2010 with the irs looking into tea party and patriot groups but that's not all. by ju...

Dan lothian has more for you. >> reporter: tea party and other conserve tative groups were unfairly targeted for special scrutiny by the irs. and some agency officials knew as early as june 2011 according to an irs audit that sources tell cnn is expected to be released this week. >> this is truly outrageous and it contributes to the profound distrust that the american people have in government. >> i don't care if you're a conservative, liberal, democrat or republican, this should send a chill up your spine. >> reporter: the audit will show irs agents singled out groups some with tea party or p...

Wells fargo advisors. welcome back, everyone. outrage growing this morning as new details emerge about how the irs specifically targeted tea party groups. on friday, the irs admitted it made mistakes over the last few years while trying to process requests from groups seeking tax exempt status. cnn's dan lothian has more. >> reporter: tea party and other conservative groups that rose to power early in the president's first term were unfairly targeted for special scrutiny by the irs. and some agency officials knew as early as june 2011, according to an irs audit that sources tell cnn is expec...