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Top IRS Official to Plead Fifth
Breitbart.com ^ | 5/21/13 | John Nolte

Posted on 05/21/2013 1:56:44 PM PDT by cotton1706

Tuesday afternoon a bombshell was dropped into the already explosive IRS scandal when it was reported that Lois Lerner, a top IRS official in the non-profit division that paralyzed Tea Party groups with ongoing harassment, would invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer questions during Congressional testimony schedule before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. The LA Times reports that Lerner will refuse to answer any questions about what she knows about the targeting of conservative groups. She will also refuse to explain why she is refusing to answer questions.

Lerner has retained defense attorney William W. Taylor 3rd, who sent a letter to Darrell Issa, the Chairman of the House Oversight Committee. In the letter Taylor said, "She has not committed any crime or made any misrepresentation but under the circumstances she has no choice but to take this course.”

Taylor is hoping Issa will excuse his client from having to testify in order to save her the embarrassment of having to invoke the Fifth in public. Per The L.A. Times, the committee hasn't yet answered her request one way or the other.

ADDED: National Journal reports that Issa "has issued a subpoena to Lerner anyway."

Since the IRS scandal broke wide open ten days ago, Lerner has been at the center of the controversy. She is not only the head of the division that oversaw the Kafka-esque harassment of President Obama's political foes; she has also been caught on numerous occasions making misleading statements.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 5th; fifth; irs; irsscandalsubpoena; lerner; loislernerirsscandal; loislernersubpoena; pleadfifthirsscandal; pleadthefifth; transparency; transparent; williamtaylor
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To: cotton1706

I keep hearing the question “who did this or who ordered this”. With all the documents with questions sent to these groups, start with whomever had their name attached and or signed them from the IRS. Work your way up from there.


21 posted on 05/21/2013 2:17:27 PM PDT by WorksinKOP
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To: Maceman

Yes, you can invoke the 5th amendment under those circumstance.


22 posted on 05/21/2013 2:19:40 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: chris37

So they can plead the 5th amendment and violate the first amendment?

BS on that.

And they still can keep their job at the IRS? And continue to target conservatives? What’s wrong with this picture?


23 posted on 05/21/2013 2:20:23 PM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: tennmountainman
So they can plead the 5th amendment and violate the first amendment?

Oh, yes. And the Second and the Fourth while they're at it.

24 posted on 05/21/2013 2:22:32 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: SeaHawkFan
Yes, you can invoke the 5th amendment under those circumstance.

What are you talking about? As a taxpayer, you have to sign a return stating all of your income and its sources. When you sign it, you say you are signing it under penalties of perjury.

If you refuse to file on Fifth Amendment grounds, or if you file but refuse to sign it, you are in a world of trouble.

So what are you talking about?

And we haven't even covered the Fourth Amendment violations involved in an audit.

25 posted on 05/21/2013 2:24:24 PM PDT by Maceman (Just say "NO" to tyranny.)
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To: Billthedrill

Does that mean Obama will give them a promotion and a bonus?


26 posted on 05/21/2013 2:25:42 PM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: tennmountainman

No, it means Obama will allow her and her family to live a safe, happy life free from any unfortunate accidents.


27 posted on 05/21/2013 2:30:15 PM PDT by kabar
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To: tennmountainman

He doesn’t even appear to have removed that particular individual from her current job. This is getting pretty interesting.


28 posted on 05/21/2013 2:35:21 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: cotton1706
Pleading the 5th? Lois knows dang well the IRS has penalties for deadlines missed.


29 posted on 05/21/2013 2:45:49 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: TexasCajun
"Sarah Hall Ingram" (she's now in charge of the STASI IRS 0bamaDeathCare) is the witch who needs to be burned at the stake put on the waterboard at a House hearing.
30 posted on 05/21/2013 2:46:19 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: cotton1706
Poll at Latimes.com:

Should this IRS official still be called before the House?

They tried to bury the story on their home-page, but readers are finding their scoop and voting in their poll.

Check out the poll results. ...somewhat surprising for LATimes readers.

31 posted on 05/21/2013 2:49:49 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: tennmountainman

Every single damned thing is wrong with this picture.


32 posted on 05/21/2013 3:02:14 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: tflabo

Pink tissue boy Boner needs to appoint a Special Prosecutor to uncover this stone-walling.
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The only time the Weeper gets tough is when he’s looking to marginalize the Tea Party.


33 posted on 05/21/2013 3:13:25 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: Raycpa

Well, that can’t be cheap.


34 posted on 05/21/2013 3:33:32 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: cotton1706

At least we found one part of the Constitution that the Obama administration likes.


35 posted on 05/21/2013 4:09:34 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Dutch Boy
I thought you could only plead the 5th as protection in a criminal case. Is testing before congress considered a criminal case?

A criminal investigation is underway.

36 posted on 05/21/2013 4:33:25 PM PDT by EVO X
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To: cotton1706

So many people miss the obvious.

If the harassment of conservative groups was really because of some low level person in Cincinnati, the upper levels of management would be in a hurry to have hearings and investigations and advice as to how to prevent repeats.

All this take the fifth stuff just proves that the low level people in Cincinnati were not where this originated.


37 posted on 05/21/2013 8:01:12 PM PDT by old curmudgeon
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To: tflabo

“I Plead The Fif”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNE2QnfYcrY


38 posted on 05/22/2013 10:29:52 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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