BREAKING [VIDEO] COPS A PLEA: Lois Lerner Pleads The Fifth Again When Asked About IRS Scandal
Posted: March 5, 2014 Filed under: Breaking News | Tags: Barack Obama, Chairman, Darrell Issa, Elijah Cummings, Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Fox New Sunday, Internal Revenue Service, Lois Lerner, United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 3 CommentsDeirdre Shesgreen reports: Former IRS official Lois Lerner declined to answer any questions Wednesday when she appeared before a House committee investigating the tax agency’s scrutiny of applications from conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.
House Republicans summoned Lerner to testify before Congress on Wednesday, more than nine months after she invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has argued that she unintentionally waived her right when she answered a question at that hearing.
In response to a series of pointed questions from Issa, Lerner repeatedly said, “On the advice of my counsel, I respectfully exercise my Fifth Amendment right and decline to answer that question.”
After less than 15 minutes, Issa adjourned the hearing. “I can see no point in going further,” he said.
When the ranking Democrat on the panel, Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, tried to ask a question, Issa told Republicans on the committee they could leave and the hearing was over.
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Lois Lerner Pleads The Fifth Again When Asked About IRS Scandal – YouTube and USA TODAY
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