Story highlights A group of House Republicans moved Tuesday to impeach the head of the IRS

The tax agency is struggling to recover from a recent scandal

Washington (CNN) A group of House Republicans moved Tuesday to impeach the head of the IRS, the tax agency struggling to recover from scandal.

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee introduced a resolution calling for the ouster of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, who became head of the agency after an official there acknowledged targeting conservative nonprofit groups during the last presidential campaign.

The Justice Department recently closed its investigation of the matter, with no charges against former IRS official Lois Lerner or anyone else at the agency.

Republicans have said Koskinen has not complied with their investigation.

"Commissioner Koskinen violated the public trust. He failed to comply with a congressionally issued subpoena, documents were destroyed on his watch, and the public was consistently misled," House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said in a statement. "Impeachment is the appropriate tool to restore public confidence in the IRS and to protect the institutional interests of Congress."

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