At the same time the IRS was bullying tea party and conservative groups, it was auditing the Leadership Institute. After a year investigation and  23,430 pages of records, the IRS accepted the Institute's tax return as filed.

"The IRS’ indefensible behavior is worse than we first thought, as it targeted both new and existing conservative groups in politically motivated attacks," said Morton Blackwell, president of the Leadership Institute.

Read more to see the timeline and some of the questions the IRS asked.

Jarrett Ray, Director of Online Fundraising at The Prosper Group, explains his obsession with to-do lists and three things he'd tell every political junkie to read in this week's 22Q, an informal interview series featuring young conservatives connected to LI.

Today, 1992 LI graduate Mike Howe filed to run for the district two position of the Sequim, WA School Board. He is the communications and government relations manager for a major utility company, a radio show host, blogger for PolitiTruck.com, an elected board member to the University of Wyoming Alumni Association, a former advisor to two governors, and former president of the local chamber of commerce.

LI's Issues That Unite: Latinos & Conservatism event training was held last week in Las Vegas, Nevada -- the first city out of eight the Leadership Institute and its partnering national organizations will visit this summer and fall. Partners include: The Heritage Foundation, Libre Initiative, New America, Red Card Solution, Tea Party Patriots, and VOCES Action.