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Issa: Lerner waived her rights by giving an opening statement, so we’re bringing her back before the committee [Obama's IRS-Gate]
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Issa: Lerner waived her rights by giving an opening
statement, so we�re bringing her back before the
committee
hotair.com
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
You already know the background on this from Ed�s post
this morning. Lerner began her testimony by reading a
self-serving statement, then declared that she�d answer
no questions. Trey Gowdy objected, insisting that once
you start yapping in your own interest, you�re not
allowed to clam up again.
Issa evidently agrees � but only for the moment, I
suspect. Prediction: Either he�ll reverse himself on this
or he�ll bring her back simply to have her sit there and
plead the Fifth repeatedly in response to the committee�s
questions. He won�t hold her in contempt.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Chairman Darrell Issa said embattled IRS official Lois
Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights and will be
hauled back to appear before his panel again�
�The precedents are clear that this is not something
you can turn on and turn off,� he told POLITICO. �She
made testimony after she was sworn in, asserted her
innocence in a number of areas, even answered questions
asserting that a document was true � So she gave partial
testimony and then tried to revoke that.��
�I understand from her counsel that there was a plan
to assert her Fifth Amendment rights,� he continued. �She
went ahead and made a statement, so counsel let her
effectively under the precedent, waive � so we now have
someone who no longer has that ability.�
Are the precedents clear? It�s true that you can�t take
the stand as a criminal defendant to give your side of
the story and then go quiet during cross-examination, but
what about at a congressional hearing where you�re merely
a witness? One expert on the Fifth Amendment tells New
York mag that the privilege can always be invoked
circumstantially in situations like this:
Continues at:
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/05/22/issa-lerner-waived-her-rights-by-giving-an-opening-statement-so-were-bringing-her-back-before-the-committee/
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statement, so we�re bringing her back before the
committee
hotair.com
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
You already know the background on this from Ed�s post
this morning. Lerner began her testimony by reading a
self-serving statement, then declared that she�d answer
no questions. Trey Gowdy objected, insisting that once
you start yapping in your own interest, you�re not
allowed to clam up again.
Issa evidently agrees � but only for the moment, I
suspect. Prediction: Either he�ll reverse himself on this
or he�ll bring her back simply to have her sit there and
plead the Fifth repeatedly in response to the committee�s
questions. He won�t hold her in contempt.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Chairman Darrell Issa said embattled IRS official Lois
Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights and will be
hauled back to appear before his panel again�
�The precedents are clear that this is not something
you can turn on and turn off,� he told POLITICO. �She
made testimony after she was sworn in, asserted her
innocence in a number of areas, even answered questions
asserting that a document was true � So she gave partial
testimony and then tried to revoke that.��
�I understand from her counsel that there was a plan
to assert her Fifth Amendment rights,� he continued. �She
went ahead and made a statement, so counsel let her
effectively under the precedent, waive � so we now have
someone who no longer has that ability.�
Are the precedents clear? It�s true that you can�t take
the stand as a criminal defendant to give your side of
the story and then go quiet during cross-examination, but
what about at a congressional hearing where you�re merely
a witness? One expert on the Fifth Amendment tells New
York mag that the privilege can always be invoked
circumstantially in situations like this:
Continues at:
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/05/22/issa-lerner-waived-her-rights-by-giving-an-opening-statement-so-were-bringing-her-back-before-the-committee/
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj
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