Posted on 05/22/2013 12:34:42 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
You are not as smart as I had hoped you would be
Yep, I think Issa/Izza (I love z’s!) and Rowdy Gowdy have got the upper hand.
Thanks Syncro, that’s encouraging.
Lerner said she broke no IRS regulation. If they find that she broke even one - even such as taking office supplies for personal use, she can be questioned about it. She had no 5th Amendment protection for that since she had declared that she broke no regulation. She would also be open to perjury since she was under oath.
Obviously, the above is an absurd case, but if there is a significant regulation broken, she is in deep doo-doo ...
Lerner now has a choice between testifying and going to jail until she agrees to testify (see McDougal, Susan).
Her attorney knows this. And will advise her of a third option: immunity. Indeed, he has likely begun negotiations with the Committee over exactly this issue.
At some point, probably sooner rather than later, Lerner will spill her guts in a deposition -- and Issa, Gowdy, et al will learn more about how far up the chain-of-command this scandal goes.
Conceivably, Lerner may never testify in an open hearing -- until it's time to wrap this thing up.
IMHO, this should not matter...She also stated previously that the reason she was taking the fifth was to not incriminate others. She is innocent, remember...as a new born babe.
However, the the fifth amendment protects one against "SELF" incrimination, right? So...
1. You cannot take the fifth for someone else and,
2. She knows incriminating information on someone else.
The fifth amendment does not apply here and she admitted she has knowledge of criminal activity. She needs to be compelled and held in contempt if she tries to plead again.
She is not in any do-do, because Issa is not going to let this case harm Obama.
Oui!
I would hate to be the insurance company holding her life policies right about now. Her life expectancy just plummeted.
The good news for her is that it may be restored to original duration, if she lets *all* the cats out of the bag.
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