Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Darrell Issa revealed that Lois Lerner’s lawyers have indicated that she will testify before the committee, her previous claim of Fifth Amendment protections to the contrary notwithstanding.
“It’s going to be a good, fact-finding hearing,” he said.
Issa said he didn’t know why Lerner’s lawyers changed their mind, but suggested Lerner testifying was “in her best interest,” considering the recent evidence the committee had gathered.
This sounds as if evidence has been developed that might incriminate Lerner, and that she is angling for a grant of immunity or for reduced charges in return for cooperation. She potentially faces criminal prosecution, and doesn’t strike me as the sort of person who could handle prison very well.
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I don’t get this “agreeing to testify bit.” Isn’t there a thing called “contempt of congress.”
UPDATE: Her lawyer says Issa is wrong…she WON’T.
I don’t want her to testify. I want her in prison.
Issa needs to stop talking and start doing – his threats to this administration are about as effective as O’s tough talk with Putin
NOTHING has become of Fast & Furious
NOTHING has become of Benghazi
NOTHING has become of the IRS investigation
I’m getting tired of all these hearings. Issa is going to TALK this thing into oblivion – just like Benghazi.
Give her immunity, and then she HAS to talk. I don’t mind if they lose this little fish. We all know where the big fish live…
Too true, VG
Babies have been made and come full term and Issa is still in the starting blocks waiting for the starters pistol to go off. And all we hear is how we’re gonna win this race.
@ Lost Dog
Ollie North proved that you need to know what your “immunized witness” will say first.
He fed the Dems their own lunch and I can see Issa falling for it too.
Will she or won’t she? What do the Vegas odds makers say?
“…The problem: Lerner’s attorney says it’s not true.
“As of now, she intends to continue to assert her Fifth Amendment rights,” William W. Taylor, Lerner’s attorney, told Politico. “I do not know why Issa said what he said.”
If it was a case of simple misunderstanding, it hasn’t been resolved. Even after Taylor’s statement, a spokesman for the committee told CBSNews.com that the attorney had “confirmed in writing that Ms. Lerner is willing to testify and she is now requesting a one-week delay for the public hearing. We have informed Mr. Taylor that Ms. Lerner may make her request for a delay on Wednesday when she appears for the hearing…”
The problem with this whole scenario is that if they give her immunity, she is just going to lie! it’s what they do, they are liars.
All of the political class already knows lying is the only way that both Republicans and Democrats can continue to consolidate power.
Do you really believe that Darrell Issa wants the truth about the IRS scandle to be made public?
He is playing a political games to rubberneck low information Republicans into to believing that Republicans are different than the Dems.
Do not believe that they weren’t all aware that this was happening. It is a game to them.
More on the update:
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2014/03/02/smidgen-reversal-on-again-former-irs-head-lois-lerner-changes-mind-and-will-testify-before-house-committee/
She won’t testify to anything without some sort of immunity. She’s not getting any immunity deal without stating, sworn to and in writing, what she’ll say. Apparently that’s why her attorney wants another week.
Trey Gowdy put it best: she can testify either as a witness or a defendant. It’s her choice.
big government, thy name is mafia!
the fix is in, no responsibility for the irs abuse will be attached to poor lois.
no one in government is responsible for anything done by government. in fact they don’t know about it unless they read it in the ny times.
Can someone tell me how three or four out of 545 people that run this country are going to pull this country out of a nosedive to hell? Bread and circus…
I’ll cross my fingers that she’ll make the link back into the Obama Administration.
Dr. Tar: Cross your fingers but don’t hold your breath. Immunity or not all of these people will lie their asses off to cover for Obama. They don’t want to become the next one to die of “natural causes”.
What is the latest on Eric the Holder? Did he have a panic attack when he was informed that Lois the Loiner might spill the beans.
From her departing questionnaire…
What do you think of when you hear the initials VF?
A) Valley Forge
B) Very Fine
C) Voice Frequency
D) Ventricular Fibrillation
E) Vince Foster
Follow up question:
Of the above answers, which do think we think of?
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