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Rove Promised IRS Limited Activity in Elections

December 14, 2012 at 11:53 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

ProPublica obtained Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS’ confidential 2010 application for tax-exempt stautus and finds that while the group told the IRS it would spend some money to influence elections, it said “any such activity will be limited in amount, and will not constitute the organization’s primary purpose.”

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