As Cleta Mitchell notes, this is just the begining of the story. National Review:
“Bryan adds: ‘It was kind of funny to us. I mean, we weren’t laughing that much, but we knew we were squeaky clean. Our CPA’s a good guy. And who says God doesn’t have a sense of humor: I got a little bit of a refund.’
Two months later, the IRS initiated the first round of questions for True the Vote. Catherine painstakingly answered them, knowing that nonprofit status would help with the organization’s credibility, donors, and grant applications. In October, the IRS requested additional information. And whenever Catherine followed up with IRS agents about the status of True the Vote’s application, “there was always a delay that our application was going to be up next, and it was just around the corner,” she say.
As this was occurring, the FBI continued to phone King Street Patriots. In May 2011, agents phoned wondering ‘how they were doing.’ The FBI made further inquiries in June, November, and December asking whether there was anything to report. . . .
Her husband offers an additional observation: ‘If you knew my wife, you’d know she doesn’t back down from anybody. They picked on the wrong person when they started picking on her.'”