Issa and Gowdy were in on it together. They had set up the document "authentication" as a fall-back. But when Lerner chose to proclaim her innocence before asserting her 5A rights, they knew they had her where they wanted.
There was no point in forcing the issue "on the spot", because the media and the audience didn't realize what had happened. Given 24 hours to review the subject and conclude that the Committee's position is indeed correct avoids the news being all about how the nasty Republicans on the Committee terrorized a poor woman who had asserted her 5th Amendment rights.
Issa and Gowdy are clearly playing a winning game.
I hope you’re right. We shall see.
The vibe I got from how all this shook out is, Issa doesn’t even need her testimony. He gave her a chance to come clean, she pleads #5, OK bye....
I bet they already have depositions in hand from people who will testify under oath that she directed them to specifically target conservative groups.
Issa and Gowdy were in on it together.
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Issa even stated that she had waived her rights before Gowdy chimed in.