Lois Lerner Refuses to Answer Questions Before Congress, Pleads Fifth Again
Mar 6, 2014 01:44:43 #
BREAKING: Lois Lerner Refuses to Answer Questions Before Congress, Pleads the Fifth Again
Article by; Katie Pavlich | Mar 05, 2014
Appearing in front of the House Oversight Committee Wednesday morning Lois Lerner, former head of tax exempt groups at the IRS, refused to answer questions asked by lawmakers by pleading the Fifth Amendment. Earlier this week, Lerner's attorney William Taylor confirmed to Committee members in an email that she would testify. Lerner was issued a subpoena last summer after admitting the IRS singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny.
"On the advice of my counsel I respectfully exercise my fifth amendment right and decline to answer that question," Lerner said.
Last year, Lerner was called to testify in front of the same Committee where she also invoked her Fifth Amendment rights after making the statement, "I have not done anything wrong. I have not broken any laws, I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations and I have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee." The Committee voted and concluded that because Lerner made a statement before pleading the Fifth, she effectively waived her Fifth Amendment rights.
When asked by Chairman Darrell Issa if she believed there wasn't a smidgen of corruption inside the IRS when it came to the inappropriate targeting of tea party and conservative groups, Lerner answered, "On the advice of my counsel I respectfully exercise my fifth amendment right and decline to answer that question."
The Committee hearing was quickly dismissed after Issa put contempt charges for Lerner on the table.
"Ladies and gentlemen, seeking the truth is the duty of this committee and I see no point in moving forward," Issa said. "We're adjourned, close it down."
Katie Pavlich is the News Editor at Townhall.com. Follow her on Twitter @katiepavlich. She is also the author of "Fast and Furious": Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and the Shameless Cover-Up.
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Article by; Katie Pavlich | Mar 05, 2014
Appearing in front of the House Oversight Committee Wednesday morning Lois Lerner, former head of tax exempt groups at the IRS, refused to answer questions asked by lawmakers by pleading the Fifth Amendment. Earlier this week, Lerner's attorney William Taylor confirmed to Committee members in an email that she would testify. Lerner was issued a subpoena last summer after admitting the IRS singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny.
"On the advice of my counsel I respectfully exercise my fifth amendment right and decline to answer that question," Lerner said.
Last year, Lerner was called to testify in front of the same Committee where she also invoked her Fifth Amendment rights after making the statement, "I have not done anything wrong. I have not broken any laws, I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations and I have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee." The Committee voted and concluded that because Lerner made a statement before pleading the Fifth, she effectively waived her Fifth Amendment rights.
When asked by Chairman Darrell Issa if she believed there wasn't a smidgen of corruption inside the IRS when it came to the inappropriate targeting of tea party and conservative groups, Lerner answered, "On the advice of my counsel I respectfully exercise my fifth amendment right and decline to answer that question."
The Committee hearing was quickly dismissed after Issa put contempt charges for Lerner on the table.
"Ladies and gentlemen, seeking the truth is the duty of this committee and I see no point in moving forward," Issa said. "We're adjourned, close it down."
Katie Pavlich is the News Editor at Townhall.com. Follow her on Twitter @katiepavlich. She is also the author of "Fast and Furious": Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and the Shameless Cover-Up.
ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING! Intrepid investigative journalist Katie Pavlich rips the lid off Team Obamas murderous corruption and anti-Second Amendment zealotry" says Michelle Malkin.
"Katie Pavlich draws back the curtain on a radical administration that put Mexican and American lives at risk for no discernible reason other than to advance an ideological agenda." - David Limbaugh
Lois Lerner; I plead the fifth; Again
Mar 6, 2014 01:56:58 #
Pepper
Loc: Planet Earth Country USA
I don't care if you are liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican the IRS is the most evil institution in our society and something needs to be done but even our legislature (both parties) are afraid to do anything.
Mar 6, 2014 03:19:43 #
Some of the 'screwheads' are going to be crawling out of the woodwork because you have questioned the integrity and competence of the first Affirmative Action President of the US. They will INSIST on trying to pick up a turd by the clean end
in an attempt to show political and social correctness, while they bury their heads in each others' rectums and ignore the truths
that will destroy this country is left unchecked and uncorrected --under the excuse, "Everyone does it!"
I could be wrong, but the writing is pretty clear to anyone with even half a brain. This is NOT rocket science, although Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Hairy Reid, etc would try to add enough mendacity to their 'explanations' to make it so,
in an attempt to show political and social correctness, while they bury their heads in each others' rectums and ignore the truths
that will destroy this country is left unchecked and uncorrected --under the excuse, "Everyone does it!"
I could be wrong, but the writing is pretty clear to anyone with even half a brain. This is NOT rocket science, although Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Hairy Reid, etc would try to add enough mendacity to their 'explanations' to make it so,
Mar 6, 2014 06:40:26 #
widetracker wrote:
Some of the 'screwheads' are going to be crawling... (show quote)
I could be wrong about this, too, but I'm guessing that I probably spend more time, reading more news articles by more writers than any two dozen of our in-house "screwheads" all put together, and from what I'm seeing in just the past 3 or 4 days is starting to look like ALL of the libturds are very likely to have some very bad headaches, come November. The news about the cop=killer's mouthpiece getting thrown out today, I can guarantee you has given Odumbo a really big headache! Who knows, if he gets "too upset", maybe he'll self-destruct ?
Mar 6, 2014 11:05:00 #
Pepper wrote:
I don't care if you are liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican the IRS is the most evil institution in our society and something needs to be done but even our legislature (both parties) are afraid to do anything.
Spot on, Pepper! :thumbup: :thumbup:
Mar 6, 2014 11:06:09 #
Gitzo, gotta forgive Lois Lerner - she's a really slow "learner!" lol.
Mar 7, 2014 19:40:11 #
HEART wrote:
Gitzo, gotta forgive Lois Lerner - she's a really slow "learner!" lol.
:thumbup:
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