IRS’s Lerner Retires Amid Scrutiny of Tea Party Cases

Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official investigated by Congress over the agency’s scrutiny of Tea Party groups, has retired effective today, the agency said in a statement.

Lerner, the tax agency’s former director of exempt organizations, was placed on paid administrative in May. Last week, acting IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel told a congressional panel that Lerner was “technically still employed.”