“No person shall...be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself...”
The House Republicans are wrong on this issue. She has the right to invoke the 5th at any point. The only way to “waive” it is to answer a question. The 5th is also called “the right to be silent.” This means she could answer some questions but not all.
Lerner will just hold congress in contempt and maybe be considered for a higher level cabinet poition. Holder will file obstruction charges against Issa’s committee.
That’s the way it works in the upside down Alice in Wonderland USSA.
Congress needs to pass a law:
If you are a government employee and are called to testify before Congress about official government business, a invocation of your 5th Amendment rights automatically results in your being fired from your job.
No arrest powers for the Sgt. At Arms of the House:
wikipedia: “For daily sessions of the House, the Sergeant at Arms carries the silver and ebony Mace of the United States House of Representatives in front of the speaker in procession to the rostrum. When the House is in session, the mace stands on a pedestal to the speaker’s own right.
When the body resolves itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, the Sergeant at Arms moves the mace to a lowered position, more or less out of sight. In accordance with the Rules of the House, on the rare occasions when a Member becomes unruly, the Sergeant at Arms, on order of the Speaker, lifts the mace from its pedestal and presents it before the offenders and restore order.”
There is, unbeknownst or spoken about a jail in the Congress building. Who has arrest powers?