The IRS Ten: The New Keating Five

So here’s the formula.

An independent agency of the U.S. government.

United States Senators.

A powerful campaign contributor to said United States Senators.

A powerful campaign contributor who wants something from said independent agency.

Add it all together and what you get is — The Keating Five.

And the IRS Ten.

Let’s start, by way of illustrating how the game worked, with The Keating Five.

There were five of them. Five United States Senators.

Two already military heroes before they spent a day in the United States Senate. The other three were garden variety U.S. Senators, lifelong politicians.

Together, they became known as “The Keating Five.”

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