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Handling of Former IRS employee Lois Lerner makes lawyers cringe
Washington Times ^ | 4-7-2014 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 04/07/2014 10:01:36 PM PDT by smoothsailing

Edited on 04/08/2014 8:25:41 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Lawyers say Ms. Lerner and her legal team may have stumbled on several occasions, including by initially professing her innocence but refusing to talk to Congress last year, then agreeing to provide information to the Justice Department without any promise of immunity, and then refusing yet again to talk to House investigators about the same subject.


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News
KEYWORDS: irs; lerner; loislerner; obama; obamalies; teaparty
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In a letter last week, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell E. Issa, California Republican, said he believed Rep. Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the committee, was trying to work out a secret deal with Ms. Lerner that would involve immunity from prosecution.

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1 posted on 04/07/2014 10:01:36 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

It all fits doesn’t it?


2 posted on 04/07/2014 10:15:32 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: smoothsailing

If found in contempt and the House then refers this to the Justice Department rather than using their inherent power -

Can there be ANY doubt that the Republicans and Democrats are one in the same?


3 posted on 04/07/2014 10:19:17 PM PDT by Ray76 (Take over the GOP? You still beg! Forget them. Second Party Now.)
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To: smoothsailing

She’s probably afraid of getting a dart in the neck and having a heart attack or driving into a traffic light at 80 miles an hour or more or getting onto a flight and getting lost at sea. I bet there have been a lot of burn notices served during this administration. Enough to ensure that the assasins aren’t around long enough to go turncoat on him.


4 posted on 04/07/2014 10:21:03 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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5 posted on 04/07/2014 10:25:21 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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6 posted on 04/07/2014 10:26:05 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: smoothsailing

She should be charged with treason.


7 posted on 04/07/2014 10:29:10 PM PDT by Fledermaus (I support Joe Carr in the TN GOP Primary against Lamar!)
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To: smoothsailing

Let ordinary ‘Joe Citizen’ put on the charade that Lerner has been doing and watch for the Constitutional termites to come to the door. Ms. Learner should go down in the history books as a epic example of government infidelity. At least 50% of the electorate view such behavior as acceptable. There is no longer any such thing as shame which I think Eisenhower applied to Senator McCarthy who was later proven to be on the correct path.


8 posted on 04/07/2014 10:42:20 PM PDT by noinfringers2
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To: smoothsailing
"That means when she showed up March 5,...."

No wonder she pleaded the fifth. They picked the wrong date.

9 posted on 04/07/2014 11:16:19 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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the Ways and Means Committee will debate whether to refer her to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution “for violations of one or more criminal statutes based on evidence the committee has uncovered in the court of the investigation of IRS abuses.”

Have the Sergeant at Arms arrest her now; THEN refer her to the DOJ.

10 posted on 04/07/2014 11:30:33 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (ObamaCare is Medicaid: They'll pull a sheet over your head and send you the bill.)
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To: smoothsailing
Lerner was caught in several lies she made to the Oversight Committee staff prior to taking the 5th. I believe some of the false statements were in written form.

http://moelane.com/2014/03/12/oversight-lois-lerner-irs-contempt-perjury/

11 posted on 04/08/2014 12:40:13 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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“Have the Sergeant at Arms arrest her now; THEN refer her to the DOJ.”

you mean eric holders DOJ?

Isnt this a predictable outcome?


12 posted on 04/08/2014 12:55:56 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (ride out and confront the evil!)
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To: smoothsailing

Why have the years been ticking by on this anyway?


13 posted on 04/08/2014 1:13:55 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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IMO, this whole thing has turned out to be nothing more than an orchestrated circus. The bitch belongs in jail so get it done with, PLEASE!
14 posted on 04/08/2014 2:56:40 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Progov

Issa seems to be just the sort of compromised Republican that the Dems like to have heading that committee.


15 posted on 04/08/2014 3:00:34 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: smoothsailing

May be her lawyers were smart enough to realized that Congress doesn’t have the guts to do anything about it.


16 posted on 04/08/2014 3:56:39 AM PDT by AdaGray
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To: Samurai_Jack

I think this is what’s known as the perfect crime,The President appoints crooks to all the law enforcement agencies,then breaks laws at will,who is going to prosecute,especially when you have the media in the bag and reports none of it. Total corruption,institutionalized


17 posted on 04/08/2014 4:40:32 AM PDT by ballplayer
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To: Samurai_Jack
Of course it is, but if you can't get cooperation any other way...

Referral might take a while you know. Just can't find the keys...

18 posted on 04/08/2014 6:56:16 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (ObamaCare is Medicaid: They'll pull a sheet over your head and send you the bill.)
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To: 9YearLurker
Issa seems to be just the sort of compromised Republican that the Dems like to have heading that committee.

You're kidding, right? Issa has always seemed like one of the good guys.

19 posted on 04/08/2014 8:04:46 AM PDT by KevinB (Barack Hussein Obama: Proof-positive that affirmative action does not work.)
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To: LyinLibs

And they’ll finger Bob Bauer (wife is Anita Dunn of Mao fame), former White House Counsel who left to become BHO’s personal attorney at Perkins Coie, for coordination.


20 posted on 04/08/2014 9:34:40 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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