Oversight Democrats: A Republican IRS official started the Tea Party targeting BY JOEL GEHRKE | MAY 6, 2014 AT 1:15 PM Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., concluded that there was no politically-motivated targeting of conservatives, according to a new report issued by Democrats on the oversight panel, even though Tea Party groups came had so many applications flagged for review."[T]he overwhelming evidence before the committee reveals no political motivation or White House involvement in the screening of tax-exempt applications," says the report from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Democrats. Cummings cites the testimony of a "self-identified 'conservative Republican'" who worked...