I heard some very impassioned congressmen questioning the former head of the IRS about the targeting of conservative groups. One asked how this could possibly be seen as non-partisan.
These groups were selected from the set of organizations that were applying for tax exempt status based on their nature as primarily non political organizations.
Logically there are two possibilities. Either (as they claim) the groups are not partisan and examining them cannot be partisan
OR
You admit that for at the selected subset of applicants, the applications were in violation of the relevant election law (at least the spirit of it) and as such were attempting to commit tax fraud in their application.
Which view of the situation do you really prefer, congressman?