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

Don't forget, Obama can also pardon her for all crimes.

I'm not entirely sure he can for unspecified and unconvicted crimes.

201 posted on 05/23/2013 6:10:49 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("AP" clearly stands for American Pravda. Our news media has become completely and proudly Soviet.)
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To: CenTex

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202 posted on 05/23/2013 6:34:34 AM PDT by golfisnr1
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To: smoothsailing

Question to ask at hearing... to Shulman, Lerner and every person questioned.. “How many times did you meet with Homeland Security staff or directors? Or communicate with them and what were the topics of discussion?”


203 posted on 05/23/2013 6:37:17 AM PDT by tired&retired
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Lindsey Graham was one of the Clinton Impeachment prosecutors, very conservative. He was likely castrated shortly after the Senate vote.
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Ahh ..... a gelding! That explains a lot.


204 posted on 05/23/2013 6:38:06 AM PDT by House Atreides
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To: SeaHawkFan
If Obama asserted executive privilege, that would be an admission he knew what was going on.

So. That would keep the lid on it. Just like he did for Holder.

205 posted on 05/23/2013 7:10:36 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: showme_the_Glory

Actually; no, it wouldn’t keep a lid on it; it would blow the lid off. Obama said he didn’t know what was going on at the IRS. If he were to now claim executive privilege, it would be an admission that he did know; and, if he did know, he would be admitting guilt to who knows how many felonies.


206 posted on 05/23/2013 7:21:52 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: Lmo56
I think Lerner was being "too smart by half" with her statements

So, what you are saying is that she may be a half-@$$ed liar who is up $#!+ creek without a paddle.

Did I restate that correctly?

207 posted on 05/23/2013 7:25:01 AM PDT by Slyfox (The red face of shame is proof that the conscience is still operational.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Southerners know the difference between being busy and running around like a chicken with ones head cut off from the farm life..

Northeners mistake a slow temperment with a slow brain, actually it is a deep life experience that makes one relax and evaluate before leaping...

not all things are solved by who reached the parking spot first...LOL!!!!


208 posted on 05/23/2013 10:53:05 AM PDT by aces
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To: boop
Worst case scenario, serves a couple years in stir until Obama pardons her come January 2017.

Hey, it worked for Susan McDougal!

209 posted on 05/23/2013 4:09:58 PM PDT by pogo101
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To: Lazamataz
Don't forget, Obama can also pardon her for all crimes. I'm not entirely sure he can for unspecified and unconvicted crimes.

He probably can. Ford famously pardoned Nixon for any federal crimes Nixon "committed, or may have committed." True, that blanket, may-have-committed pardon was never tested in court, but one big reason why not is that federal prosecutors guessed that the pardon was valid.

I'd LOVE it if Obama were to pardon any of the IRS folks in the near future (as opposed to doing so as he leaves office, a la Bill Clinton with Susan McDougal, Marc "Eric Holder Is My Bagman" Rich and countless others). Such a pardon would be a blatant coverup effort and result in instant impeachment. Even if the Senate failed to convict, I'm guessing that every Democrat acquittal vote would be a huge political millstone around that Democrat's neck.

In addition, anyone thus "prospectively pardoned" CAN be compelled to testify, on pain of contempt, because he or she no longer faces any federal crimes for whatever they might say. (I suppose there may be state laws at issue.)

210 posted on 05/23/2013 4:16:06 PM PDT by pogo101
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To: AppyPappy

No, it doesn’t just apply to questions. And if it did, Issa nailed it shut when he asked her about the contents of document, she looked at it, and she answered. She is toast. It is beyond my comprehension that she and her lawyer were so totally incompetent. Is there a method to their incompetence? That’s always the question, I guess.


211 posted on 05/24/2013 4:07:20 AM PDT by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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To: mware
Law and Order hires some good attorneys as script consultants. Quite often they have me remembering my criminal law classes midway through an episode. FWIW

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212 posted on 05/25/2013 12:41:53 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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