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The Senate Finance Committee, led by then-Sen. Orrin Hatch, revealed in a 2015 report that Lerner and Pilger spoke about the IRS providing the DOJ and the FBI with nonprofit filing data and about inviting the FBI to the meeting on Oct. 8, 2010, where the IRS, DOJ, and FBI would discuss further.
Pilger contacted the IRS a few weeks later so the Smith-led unit could further discuss “criminal tax enforcement against tax exempt organizations," but IRS official Nancy Marks warned the IRS had not “seen activity that rises to the level of criminal investigation.”
Lerner messaged her staff in early October 2010, saying, “[The DOJ] would like to begin looking at 990s from last year for c4 orgs. They are interested in the reporting for political and lobbying activity. How quickly could I get disks to them?"
The GOP report said, “The IRS sent 21 disks containing 1.1 million pages of nonprofit tax-return information — including confidential taxpayer information — to the FBI in advance of this meeting” with Lerner. The documents were sent to then-FBI supervisory special agent Brian Fitzpatrick.
Then-Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik wrote in June 2014 the disks appeared to “contain only publicly available information.” Two days later, Kadzik admitted that “a small number of the Form 990s on the disks inadvertently include confidential information."
Lerner admitted in May 2013 the IRS had scrutinized nonprofit groups that used terms such as “Tea Party” or “patriots” in their applications but claimed it wasn’t a political decision, saying, “We made some mistakes. Some people didn’t use good judgment. … For that we’re apologetic.”
The Treasury Department’s watchdog concluded in 2013 that “the IRS used inappropriate criteria that identified for review Tea Party and other organizations.”
The DOJ said in 2015: “Our investigation uncovered substantial evidence of mismanagement, poor judgment, and institutional inertia."
Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in 2017 that the DOJ entered into settlements with conservative groups targeted by the IRS during the Obama administration. The IRS admitted its actions were “wrong” and “for such treatment, the IRS expresses its sincere apology.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/trump-special-counsel-jack-smith-involved-lois-lerner-irs-scandal