In a document that was released as part of a 2014 lawsuit filed by the Freedom from Religion Foundation based in Madison, Wis., the IRS wrote to the Department of Justice that there were 99 churches that merited “a high priority examination" for violations between 2010 and 2013. It's not clear whether all 99 were investigated.
Here are some of the most prominent cases in which the Johnson Amendment was applied.
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