Why Lois Lerner Took the Fifth

Power Line ^ | July 10, 2013 | John Hinderaker

[SumProVita]

Patterico unearthed something that, to my knowledge, had not been reported previously: a November 2011 Business Week article about the business operations of non-profit universities that concludes with this:

Lois Lerner, the IRS’s director of tax-exempt organizations who is overseeing the investigation, says many schools are rethinking how and what they report to the government. Receiving a thick questionnaire from the IRS, she says, is a “behavior changer.”

[SumProVita]

Lois Learner belongs in jail.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

A federal penitentiary. Say five or ten years...

[NonValueAdded]

Exactly! And that is why I am not in favor of giving her immunity so she can testify to Congress. Let her testify in a courtroom.

Is this another ball that Issa lets drop, by the way? Or maybe the better analogy would be “lets roll around the floor?” With all the scandals, he’s made very little progress.

[celmak]

Because she new the freaking spineless Repubs wouldn’t do anything about her illegal use of the 5th !!!

[Obadiah]

Lois Lerner is an enemy of free people. She is the female version of the government jack-booted thug. She deliberately worked to suppress dissent or political opposition using the full weight of the government. She is no different than apparatchiks who made up organizations like the German Stasi.

[massgopguy]

Look up Executive Order 10491. She’s fired!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

That doesn’t prohibit federal charges being filed.

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[bigbob]

Issa is useless

[Jay Redhawk]

I believe the GOPe has been in league with the administration in working to stop these investigations. Issa probably does not even know just who all he is up against. The GOPe desperately wants to protect its share of the crony-capitalist, fascist state. I expect McCain and company to step out soon and openly tell Issa to drop these congressional investigations for the sake of national harmony.

[BrewingFrog]

Exactly. Another whimper before admitting defeat and allowing the enemy to fight on unscathed...

[I want the USA back]

The arrogant lying statist got away with it.

[Georgia Girl 2]

She took the fifth because she’s as guilty as sin that same way everyone else who is guilty does.