March 25, 1999

IRS Revokes Tax Exemption of Charity With Gingrich Ties

By GRANT WILLIAMS

The I.R.S. has revoked the tax exemption of a charity, the Abraham Lincoln Opportunity Foundation, that had been caught up in an ethics controversy involving former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

In a letter to the group, the revenue service said that the organization, which stopped operations in late 1994, improperly "allowed itself to be used for non-exempt purposes" by GOPAC, a political-action committee that Mr. Gingrich once used to train and educate

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