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Congressman Trey Gowdy checkmates Lois Lerner [Gowdy nails the lying fascist!!]
Washington Times ^ | 5-22-2013 | Eric Golub

Posted on 05/22/2013 12:24:32 PM PDT by smoothsailing

Edited on 05/22/2013 12:26:10 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 22, 2013

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 5th; benghazi; fastandfurious; gowdy; impeachnow; irs; irsbrownshirts; irsscandal; lerner; loislerner; southcarolina; trey; treygowdy
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1 posted on 05/22/2013 12:24:32 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

It remains to be seen if Issa has the stones to recall that skank and force her testimony.


2 posted on 05/22/2013 12:27:16 PM PDT by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED)
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To: upchuck
ping!
3 posted on 05/22/2013 12:27:18 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Lawyers need to do their homework and work this until a whole bunch of people are in jail.

Keep working their way up the ladder.


4 posted on 05/22/2013 12:29:26 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: smoothsailing
She refused to answer questions. Yet she badly miscalculated. She began with a self-righteous opening statement claiming she did nothing wrong. Only after defending herself did she invoke her Fifth Amendment rights.

At what point can she be slapped with a charge of Contempt of Congress?

5 posted on 05/22/2013 12:29:27 PM PDT by Slyfox (The red face of shame is proof that the conscience is still operational.)
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To: 43north

He just did...hearing is in recess, not adjourned, until Lerner is recalled to testify...we’ll see huh??


6 posted on 05/22/2013 12:30:16 PM PDT by ~Vor~ (Freeper since 10/98)
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To: smoothsailing

Trey will make them get over the belief that a Southern drawl equals stupidity.


7 posted on 05/22/2013 12:30:23 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: smoothsailing

Issa just made the statement that she may have waived her right to use the 5th Amendment against self-incrimination by presenting facts in an opening statement. Apparently they’ve been doing some legal work on this and it appears they are of the opinion that she will be compelled to testify now. WOW!!!


8 posted on 05/22/2013 12:31:50 PM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
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To: smoothsailing; onyx; trisham; TheOldLady; DJ MacWoW; JoeProBono; RedMDer; musicman; Lady Jag; ...
From the article:

"Republicans on the committee thought they had been defeated, but Gowdy knew better. Once a person issues a statement, Fifth Amendment privilege is waived on the substance of the statement. By issuing an opening statement, Ms. Lerner was testifying. Her right to stay silent on that testimony was gone forever.

A panicked liberal Elijah Cummings of Maryland pointed out that while congressional hearings are “like” a court of law, they are not in actuality a court of law. Even Congressman Issa, normally a very sharp and prepared operator, had to check on whether Gowdy’s interpretation applied.

It absolutely does."

Got her!! Nail her lying hide to the wall!!

9 posted on 05/22/2013 12:32:21 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Sleeping Freeper

Nice! Apparently, her high powered lawyer is no match for Mr. Gowdy.


10 posted on 05/22/2013 12:33:29 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: Jim Robinson

Very, very good news. The Teflon’s cracked, now break it open the rest of the way.


11 posted on 05/22/2013 12:34:20 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Sleeping Freeper
she will be compelled to testify now.

Barring any sudden illness or perhaps a concussion?

12 posted on 05/22/2013 12:35:03 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: 43north

It is happening.


13 posted on 05/22/2013 12:36:17 PM PDT by txmissy
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To: jersey117
I knew that if she appeared before the committee and said anything except pleading the 5th she was compelled to testify.

I am somewhat embarassed to admit where I learned it.

A very early episode of LAW AND ORDER.

14 posted on 05/22/2013 12:39:13 PM PDT by mware
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To: smoothsailing

I like Gowdy. I didn’t even know who he was until a couple of weeks ago. We need more Republicans like this dude.


15 posted on 05/22/2013 12:40:06 PM PDT by Durbin
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And this ladies and gentlemen is why you actually make them appear and assert their 5th amendment right in person instead of just telling them they don’t have to come after receiving a letter from their lawyer saying that they intend to invoke that right if compelled to appear.


16 posted on 05/22/2013 12:40:13 PM PDT by ICU812 (Oldtime Freeper, back from a long hiatus)
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To: Jim Robinson
Tomorrow should be an interesting day of ‘testimony’ from Ms. Lerner. She might get a better lawyer who won't stab her in the back from the git go. I wonder if Ms. Lerner thinks she has been set up to take the big fall for the Obama Scandals fiasco?
Ms. Lerner had the opportunity to testify or not testify, but she does not have the right to kinda sorta testify on what she chooses and then dummy up on other subjects.
TWB
17 posted on 05/22/2013 12:40:39 PM PDT by TWhiteBear (Sarah Palin...The Flame of the North)
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To: Jim Robinson; smoothsailing; onyx; trisham; TheOldLady; DJ MacWoW

And Issa did not adjourn but only went into recess. Those witnesses are coming back including Lerner, I bet.

Let Dowdy loose on ‘em. :)


18 posted on 05/22/2013 12:41:08 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: mware

For some reason, I thought it applied to questions.


19 posted on 05/22/2013 12:42:06 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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To: RedMDer

But if she sill refuses to testify, what can Issa do? Contempt of Congress? She will just thumb her nose at him.


20 posted on 05/22/2013 12:43:00 PM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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