Recently the IRS has been accused of abusing its powers in a politically motivated fashion.
Incriminating evidence may have been held in the email systems. As a software engineer and a sysadmin, I find the statements of permanent loss to be wholly unbelievable.
Many smart and sophisticated Americans have already come to this conclusion, and I'm certain the White House is well aware of this fact.
It's not just political parties targeted. Recently the IRS handed out a decision involving a 501c3 called Yorba out of San Francisco They are a charitable, scientific, and educational organization.
The entire basis for the IRS denial of their status is a direct attack against Open Source and FOSS. Software is critical to our future, and playing favoritism in business is is not an American value