Contempt of Congress...
I’m sure she’ll get over it.
Wait... she already has.
Lois Lerner has been given the promise of a large financial pay off, a lucrative position if she chooses to take it and a Presidential Pardon if convicted of anything - YOU CAN COUNT ON IT!
While I’m in favor of prosecuting her, I don’t think the DC rule is good.
For one thing, unless a question is asked exactly the same way, it seems that a citizen could fear revealing “further” information.
And for another, if Lerner’s intent is not to testify further. Then why doesn’t Congress just use her testimony to the Dept of Justice. Why does it need her to restate her testimony a second time.
If she perjured herself to the dept of Justice, would subsequently perjuring herself on the same matters to Congress, be “further criminalization”? In which case, I can see why Lerner wouldn’t want to testify again even on the same matters.
If she has contempt for Congress, she’s not alone.