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| Chris Littleton interview on IRS targeting: An interview with Chris Litttleton, who founded conservative group American Junto that turns out to be on of the first groups targeted and tested for political activity by the IRS |
A now-defunct political group called American Junto that began in the Cincinnati area apparently was one of the IRS’ first test cases as the agency tried to determine whether such groups deserved tax-exempt status or if they should be denied for political advocacy.
Chris Littleton, 34, started American Junto in 2008 with grand dreams of turning it into a nonprofit education agency around what he calls “citizenship and freedom issues.” Littleton, a self-proclaimed conservative from West Chester, said he and his friends officially applied for tax-exempt status in late 2009/early 2010, and after being ignored for months, they started receiving a lot of questions from the IRS.
