Posted on 04/20/2017 4:27:08 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Embattled ex-IRS executive Lois Lerner was in federal court last week, asking a judge to seal her forthcoming deposition due to the inflammatory nature of her testimony.
Lerner told the judge that if her actions at the IRS were to become public knowledge, she could face death threats from angry Americans – particularly those on the conservative side of the spectrum.
Lerner is well-known for her role in the IRS’s partisan targeting of Tea Party groups; under the Obama administration, the IRS singled out nonprofit groups with conservative, Tea Party-ish style names for extra scrutiny. Many of their cases lingered in limbo for years while the IRS pretended to review their applications. Ultimately, there came to be no denying that there was a systematic, political effort inside the IRS to make life as difficult as possible for groups seen as threats to Obama’s agenda.
Lerner and Holly Paz are scheduled to testify in a class action lawsuit against the IRS, which is being brought by 428 groups who were affected by the targeting scandal. But before the pair commit their testimony to record, they want assurances that what they say will never be read by the public.
Mss. Lerner and Paz have demonstrated that the public dissemination of their deposition testimony would expose them and their families to harassment and a credible risk of violence and physical harm,” their lawyer said in documents to the court.
Reportedly, the women have submitted evidence to the judge that shows they’ve already received threats couched in “graphic, profane, and disturbing language.”
No matter what the judge decides, the request itself has put the IRS scandal back in the headlines, and it comes at a time when Republicans want the Justice Department to re-open the case against Lerner. They say she deliberately obstructed the congressional investigation into the targeting and may have even contributed to it with her snide emails about Republicans.
If Lerner is so terrified about her actions coming to public light, that says it all. If she could reduce her perceived role in all this, she would shout her testimony from the highest mountain. Instead, she has wrapped herself in every layer of secrecy she can find. Either she’s protecting a certain someone higher on the food chain or she’s covering her own behind.
Knowing the Obama administration, we’re guessing it’s a little of both.
I’m fully convinced after all that Obama’s gov’t did that Democrats will call the trains & showers for Conservatives the next go around if they have the chance and power.
This is just an inkling of what has come to light from their demonic minds.
What could possibly be in the papers that would warrant such a belief?
Arrest.
Waterboard.
Try.
Convict.
Execute.
If it’s that bad, we MUST know what she did.
bump
What is more important?
The right of citizens and groups to exercise&support the political choices of their member(s) or Lois’s safety, albeit threatened by hers and others own cunning and wascally ways of abusing the constitutional rights we all share?
Tough choice? Not really.
This goes right to the top of the DNC.
Chucky Schumer suggested it publicly before it started.
That’s the Mussolini sneer.
On the Capitol Steps...along side a few others...Susan Rice, Barry Sortelo, Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch etc...
Man, I must have missed that one from Mr. NWO GHWB.
Whassup wit dat?
“The bitch needs public hanging.”
No, IF the bitch will truthfully sing about what we KNOW
that she knows regarding her superiors including Obama
then she deserves all the protection possible.
You and I aren’t the only ones who have to know. The entire country must know so such terrorism is never again perpetrated on US citizens by the bureaucracy weaponized under Obama’s watch.
Be interesting to see whether the press is eager to get into this story with deep and dangerous obama implications.
She must pay for what she did.
I should have pinged you guys. I’ll bet Liz knows what this is.
More like is she squeals on Obama she’s as good as dead.
Obama and the DNC operatives will have her killed if she tells what she knows. (not expecting she’ll spill the beans or anything)
How about a kidnapping and interrogation by a group of patriots?
ML/NJ
...on Haman's petard...
I like how she and her buddies destroyed evidence. Just like Hillary.
Some pigs are more equal than others. Unbelievable.
Typical arrogant liberal. Break laws left and right for political purposes, then try to hide from the responsibility and accountability.
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