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http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041029-043615-5524r.htmGroup's Tax-Exempt Status Questioned
POSTED: 1:33 pm EDT October 29, 2004
UPDATED: 1:40 pm EDT October 29, 2004
WASHINGTON -- The chariman of the NAACP said an Internal Revenue Service investigation of the civil rights group "doesn't pass the smell test."
Julian Bond said the IRS is reviewing the group's tax-exempt status over his July speech that was critical of President George W. Bush.
Bond said the probe's timing, "a few days ahead of the election," is suspicious.
NAACP President Kweisi Mfume said it is "regrettable that the IRS would seek to silence" the civil rights group.
The head of the IRS would not comment on the specifics of the case, but said in a statement that any suggestion of politically motivated audits is "repugnant."