On Friday, May
10, 2013 Lois Lerner, head of the IRS Tax-Exempt Unit, apologized for targeting
conservative groups by improperly delaying and scrutinizing their applications
for tax-exempt status at a conference held by the American Bar Association.
The
Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty and Zachary Goldfarb noted, “The IRS’s
subsequent conference call with reporters was clumsily handled. At one point,
Lerner attempted to do arithmetic on the phone and blurted out: ‘I’m not good
at math.’”
The following Wednesday, Lerner gave an
opening statement before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
in which she lied about lying about having done nothing wrong.
“I have not
done anything wrong. I have not broken any laws, I have not violated any IRS
rules or regulations and I have not provided false information to this or any
other congressional committee,” Lerner said.
Upon the advice of her attorney she then
invoked her constitutional right to plead the Fifth Amendment against
self-incrimination and declined to testify.
Trey Gowdy,
who sits on committee dealing with the IRS scandal objected
saying, “Mr. Issa, Mr. Cummings just said we should run this like a
courtroom, and I agree with him. She just testified. She just waived her Fifth
Amendment right to privilege. You don't get to tell your side of the story and
then not be subjected to cross examination. That's not the way it works. She
waived her Fifth Amendment privilege by issuing an open statement. She ought to
stand here and answer our questions.”
The fact that
she restated some of the same answers she gave the inspector general during his
investigation prompted the panel’s chairman Darrell Issa to remark, “At
this point, I believe you have not asserted your rights, but have effectively
waived your rights.”
And the stench
we are smelling is from the collective pants-shitting of the regime.
On next year's 1040, I'm gonna scrawl "I'M ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE" in crayon.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 23, 2013
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