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Dems: Lerner Didn’t Giver Up Her Fifth Amendment Rights, Issa Calling
Her Back Is A “Sideshow”…
Via The Hill:
Key Democrats say Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner didn’t
give up her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination by
giving an opening statement at a House hearing on Wednesday.
Democrats on the Oversight panel said they want Lerner to testify
about the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt
status, and are not defending her decision to invoke the Fifth
Amendment.
But Lerner’s Constitutional rights are clear, the Democrats argue, and
committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) will be wasting the panel’s
time and resources waging a losing battle against her attorneys while
the FBI conducts a criminal investigation into the scandal.
“I would like very much for her to testify, but she pled the Fifth
Amendment and she has the Constitutional right to do so. I pledged my
loyalty to the Constitution when I was sworn in,” said Rep. Carolyn
Maloney (D-N.Y.).
“If Mr. Issa and his attorneys want to fight with her attorneys, that
seems to be a sideshow to getting at the information,” she said.
The Democrats’ position is a politically delicate one, as they are
backing the Constitutional rights of an IRS official who is in the
middle of a highly charged firestorm.
“I would like very much for her to testify, but she pled the Fifth
Amendment and she has the Constitutional right to do so. I pledged my
loyalty to the Constitution when I was sworn in,” said Rep. Carolyn
Maloney (D-N.Y.).
Says the fucking bitch who constantly works against the 2nd amendment.