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IRS May Be Trying to Stop Tax Exemption of Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS

Karl Rove, Republican strategist and former senior political advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush, gives a speech to state party leaders at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. — Karl Rove, Republican strategist and former senior political advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush, gives a speech to state party leaders at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008.
Photographer: Jay Premack/Bloomberg

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Richard Rubin

April 30, 2015, 7:43 PM UTCUpdated onApril 30, 2015, 9:32 PM UTC

The IRS may be trying to block the tax exemption of one of the largest politically active nonprofit groups, Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, an organization founded by Republican strategist Karl Rove.

The oblique disclosure can be found between the lines of an inspector general’s report released on Thursday, which said that 149 of 160 stalled applications from nonprofits with potential ties to politics have been resolved. Of the other 11, six are in litigation with the IRS -- which Crossroads isn’t -- and five have received proposed denial letters or are appealing.