Posted on 07/06/2013 8:09:23 AM PDT by markomalley
On Tuesday, William W. Taylor III, attorney for Lois Lerner, the IRS official at the center of the Tea Party targeting scandal who invoked her Fifth amendment rights before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on May 22, set forward his client's hard line conditions to return and testify openly before the committee.
"They can obtain her testimony tomorrow by doing it the easy way … immunity. That’s the way to resolve all of this," he told Politico.
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was unimpressed. "We hope she comes in and gives us the truth and answers questions. If that doesn’t happen, then you cross the next bridge. … If she says, ‘No, I’m going to come in and assert my Fifth Amendment rights again and not going to speak,’ then you think about what the other options are."
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What about waterboarding?
She said she broke no laws. Why would she need immunity?
contempt and jail works for me.
Immunity ,what else would you expect from The IRS Hitler ,the nerve of congress to ask her questions
This is infuriating! She already stated that she did nothing wrong, broke no laws, and followed IRS rules and regulations. So why does she need immunity?! The government has become our enemy.
And why is she still receiving a salary?! (which we are paying for)
I blame Issa for this!!!!
A Slow Lerner, apparently.
I have no problem granting her immunity ... after they strip her of her job, salary, benefits, and retirement. Then, sure.
Hard to figure out why she’d want immunity since “there is no scandal” and “she didn’t do anything wrong.”
If given immunity she will simply lie about all she knows with impunity. We can’t punish her , she will be rewarded by Soros or Obama somehow , it will have no effect ... how about defunding a few full agencies... the EPA comes immediately to mind ,, it is completely unnecessary as each state has their own mirror agency already in place...
If she learns that the committee is serious about finding her for contempt followed by incarceration, she will sing plenty before that happens.
Might this be telegraphing the question of protective custody or a security detail for her safety?
She's too fugly she will break the board. She's even uglier inside
can we tell the IRS that when they call for an audit??
She and her lawyers and the administration will draw out the amnesty negotiations until the 2014 elections. Count on it. This is just a delaying tactic.
The primary reason the founding fathers included the Fifth amendment was to protect the innocent. You should read up on it. A quick internet search of “who is responsible for the Fifth Amendment?” will answer your question.
That does not mean everyone that invokes it is innocent.
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