The emails back and forth between the Federal Election Commission and the IRS are suggestive of coordinated behavior that targeted conservative groups. House Oversight Committee chairman Darrel Issa is now investigating this link, asking for thousands of emails generated by the FEC going back 5 years. CNN: House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa demanded Wednesday that the Federal Election Commission turn over records of more than five years of communications with the Internal Revenue Service -- a move that significantly expands the California Republican's ongoing probe of alleged federal targeting of conservative groups. In a letter to FEC Chairman Ellen Weintraub -- a Democrat -- Issa cited CNN reporting on Monday that raises "the prospect of inappropriate coordination between the IRS and the FEC about tax-exempt entities." Among other things, Issa asked for records of all communications between the IRS and the FEC dating back to the start of 2008. He also...(Read Full Post)