That's the only reasonable explanation for your denial on this story.
You could find the story verified by any number of sources, instead you whine about american thinker.
cnn
https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/18/politics/irs-scandal-fast-facts/index.html
wsj
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-unresolved-irs-scandal-1525905500
Even the freaking NPR
https://www.npr.org/2017/10/27/560308997/irs-apologizes-for-aggressive-scrutiny-of-conservative-groups
consider your behind kicked severely.