Fox News quoting the victims in this case:  “We spent thousands of our own dollars fighting this,” she said. “If
this happens to one organization in America, we should all be outraged.”

Devereaux is among a group of activists, being represented by the
American Center for Law and Justice, who are preparing to sue the
federal government for the practice of targeting Tea Party groups. ACLJ
Executive Director Jordan Sekulow — once a lawyer for the Treasury
Department — told FoxNews.com he’ll likely file the civil suits next
Wednesday or Thursday on behalf of more than a dozen Tea Party groups
who say they were singled out by the IRS and had their tax-exempt status
severely delayed or denied altogether.

Some citizens only had so much money to pay lawyers to fight the illegal actions of the IRS in suppressing their legitimate political speech. A bunch of bureaucrats in DC successfully stifled the political speech of thousands of Americans.  Some citizens gave up, some have not yet.  Lawsuits need to be filed, heads need to roll, and burdens of proof in the law need to shift.  The IRS can use their subpoenas and letter as wallpaper.  These type of organizations need to be approved immediately and if the IRS gets evidence of wrongdoing, only then they can send one of their “probing” letters.

In a separate WSJ piece, Treasury Secretary Lew said that he was outraged when he heard about the abuse. Apparently, no one was outraged enough in 2012 to stop the illegal actions.