Note from Pastor Dewey Moede: It is just downright sad what has and is happening in Washington D.C. A total meltdown of the Obama Administration. Let us pray for Godly leaders in our Country.
The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted tea party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation.
Sarah Hall Ingram served as commissioner of the office responsible for tax-exempt organizations between 2009 and 2012 when it began targeting conservative Tea Party, evangelical and pro-Israel groups for harassment. But Ingram has since left that part of the IRS and is now the director of the IRS’ Affordable Care Act office, the IRS confirmed to ABC News today.
It is also being reported that she got more than $100,000 in bonuses between 2009 and 2012. Ingram received a $7,000 bonus in 2009, according to data obtained by The Washington Examiner from the IRS, then a $34,440 bonus in 2010, $35,400 in 2011 and $26,550 last year, for a total of $103,390. Her annual salary went from $172,500 to $177,000 during the same period.
The 2010, 2011 and 2012 bonuses were awarded during the period when IRS harrassment of the conservative groups was most intense. This data was obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request.
Her successor, Joseph Grant, is taking the fall for misdeeds at the scandal-plagued unit between 2010 and 2012. During at least part of that time, Grant served as deputy commissioner of the tax-exempt unit.
Grant announced today that he would retire June 3, despite being appointed as commissioner of the tax-exempt office May 8, a week ago.
ABC News’ Abby D. Phillip and Washington Examiner’s Mark Tapscott contributed to this report.
