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Lawyer for ex-IRS official Lerner seeks to address House ahead of contempt vote
FOX News ^ | April 29, 2014

Posted on 04/29/2014 3:41:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The lawyer for former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner sent a letter to House Republican leaders on Monday, asking for an opportunity to address the House ahead of a vote to hold his client in contempt of Congress.

"Holding Ms. Lerner in contempt would not only be unfair and, indeed, un-American, it would be flatly inconsistent with the Fifth Amendment as interpreted by the Supreme Court," Lerner's lawyer, William W. Taylor III, wrote in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

Taylor requested "an opportunity to present to the House the reasons why it should not hold Ms. Lerner in contempt."

"No court will hold that she waived her privilege," Taylor said. "Supreme Court precedent is clear that a witness compelled to appear before a congressional committee does not waive her Fifth Amendment privilege by asserting her innocence."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boehner; contempt; election2012; gop; irs; irsteapartyscandal; lerner; lernercontempt; teaparty; unamerican
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1 posted on 04/29/2014 3:41:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well, John and Darrel have an excuse. Lets see what they do with it.

I hope for the best and expect complete capitulation.


2 posted on 04/29/2014 3:44:41 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No! He represents a traitor. It is not a trial. She had her chance


3 posted on 04/29/2014 3:45:49 PM PDT by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No. What Lois Lerner did was un-American. She used a Government Agency to target the opposition Party. She took the 5th, after proclaiming herself innocent of any wrongdoing. Never mind. I am sure she will continue lying no matter what happens. And the Republicans will fold so as not to further the plummeting trust that Americans feel for this Admin.


4 posted on 04/29/2014 3:46:40 PM PDT by originalbuckeye (Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He can make his “Closing Arguments” after the prosecution ‘rests’, not before. In the meantime STFU!


5 posted on 04/29/2014 3:47:21 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sorry dipstick, that just ain’t so...
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/05/23/napolitano-if-judge-orders-lois-lerner-speak-and-she-refuses-she’ll-go-jail


6 posted on 04/29/2014 3:47:22 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Taylor will win. The House has no gonads and are totally committed cowards. I have no faith in Government.


7 posted on 04/29/2014 3:47:39 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I sense panic & desperation.

Notice not many Obama political operatives are throwing him under the bus. Are they that in lockstep for the cause.


8 posted on 04/29/2014 3:47:43 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wah wah wah...run to Obama and seek Executive Privilege like Eric Holder did.


9 posted on 04/29/2014 3:49:06 PM 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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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In a country where there is LAW,
he should not be allowed to speak, but
arrested and indicted for misprision of felony.

But, not in the USA, where corruption is growing large
and white people, Christians and Jews are now daily
targets for gang attacks and worse, driven by
none other than the DO”J” and their criminal thugs.


10 posted on 04/29/2014 3:49:47 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Buttboy Boehner will probably give in.


11 posted on 04/29/2014 3:51:05 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: Logical me

Obama is toast. Even Ralph Nader is calling for impeachment. With the latest bombshell regarding Obama pushing Rice to blame Benghazi on a youtube video, his last redeeming quality that his supporters responded to was his likeability. Hard to like a guy who let 4 Americans die and countless others injured and only to lie about it to cover up.


12 posted on 04/29/2014 3:51:32 PM 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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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Taylor is being misleading and running a Straw Dog up the flagpole.

The issue is not what he is trying to make it be. The issue is not whether Congress can compel testimony, but if an individual can present a portion of a testimony, then claim the 5th Amendment protection for the parts she doesn’t want to present.


13 posted on 04/29/2014 3:52:11 PM PDT by savedbygrace (But God!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ya had your chance. GET LOST.


14 posted on 04/29/2014 3:58:03 PM PDT by Ray76
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To: RginTN
Notice not many Obama political operatives are throwing him under the bus. Are they that in lockstep for the cause.

Only until the mid-terms. After the slaughter, the dems will throw him under his own bus throughout 2015-2016.

15 posted on 04/29/2014 4:02:03 PM PDT by Go Gordon (Barack McGreevey Obama)
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To: Logical me

Perhaps their is some connection between this with this and the RINOS that Some people on FR and elsewhere keep demanding be elected.

Bur what could it be... WHAT?

We just can’t figure it out. It is a mystery for our times.


16 posted on 04/29/2014 4:07:01 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

She’s an employee of the federal government. She’s being questioned by her employer about how she carried out her job and whether she disregarded or thwarted government policies and procedures and whether she made her own personal political opinion her guiding criterion. If an employee stonewalls questions of his employee, she can be given a warning and if she does not cooperate, she can be fired for thwarting their investigation.


17 posted on 04/29/2014 4:10:40 PM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: Gaffer

I hope these clowns get the point.

Lerner was acting as a government agent. So, she is not even considered a ‘person’ under the constitution.

Congress voting to forfeit all her compensation and pension would not even be a ‘bill of attainder’.

She never had any right to invoke the fifth in the first place.

She in merely an employee answering to her employer.

If she does not comply, she is fired immediately.


18 posted on 04/29/2014 4:11:15 PM PDT by bakeneko
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To: Hotlanta Mike

As much as I’d like to believe that I think you overestimate the American public, the will of the Republicans to press an advantage, and the integrity of his Democratic supporters on Capitol Hill.


19 posted on 04/29/2014 4:12:23 PM PDT by hometoroost
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

She is free to testify any time.


20 posted on 04/29/2014 4:20:19 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Malaysia Flight MH370 Black Box signals reported in Bermuda Triangle)
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