Posted on 07/03/2013 7:57:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The IRS official at the center of the targeting controversy will testify before the House oversght committee as long as she gets full immunity from prosecution, one of her lawyers said yesterday.
Lois Lerner, the former head of the exempt section of the IRS that targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, took the fifth at her previous appearance before the committee right after she declared her innocence.
Republicans on the committee say that her statement of innocence meant that she waived her fifth amendment right to self incrimination and she should testify willingly.
From Politico:
"They can obtain her testimony tomorrow by doing it the easy way ... immunity," William W. Taylor III said in a phone interview. "That's the way to resolve all of this." The comments reflect the hard-line approach Lerner, the former head of the IRS division that scrutinized conservative groups, and her legal team are taking in defending her role in the agency's scandal."
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
If you commit perjury while under immunity, you're still guilty of perjury.
Just hang her!
True. But, if she says 'no higher ups were involved'..the trail stops at her gate.....and then how do you prove that not to be true if the 'higher ups' also say they were not involved?
So, no proof, no perjury.
Do I really need to say it?
BUSH’S FAULT!
Give it to her with the stipulation that one lie and she gets life in prison.
I have to laugh, the democrats gave full immunity to Ollie North without knowing what he would say...they then tried to prosecute him for his testimony...was thrown out of court. He said things the democrats didn’t like and made them look like the azzholes they were..you never give immunity until you know what the person will say....you are so right Mr. K.......:O)
full immunity cannot be criminalized after the fact. There are different kinds of immunity and if your stupid, you could be taken to court. Full Immunity means just that....full immunity to anything you say...
And then what? More hearings?
Don’t tell me that an Obama RAT is willing to talk?
Now, telling the truth is another thing completely.
LERMAN THE VERMIN!
yeah, I know that LERNER is her name but it doesn’t rhyme with VERMIN.
OK: LOIS THE LOSER!
One can hope for change!
Richard Nixon had his John Dean; perhaps obozo will have his lois “Dean” Lerner . . .
Give immunity to ANYONE else!!! Then FRY HER.
However, the reality:
Ms. Lerner, you have been granted immunity. Please tell this committee what you know.
Lois Lerner: George W. Bush orchestrated it . . .
May I now be excused?
Testimony from others to the contrary.
Immunity from what? Thought she was innocent.
Actually when congress grants you immunity it is for things you have done, not those you are going to do and if you perjure yourself you are not immune to prosecution for that. Immunity before congress means you cannot take the fifth for anything you have done so basically it forces you to testify.
I think you can give her limited immunity which she should accept or look really bad.
That is you give her immunity for little things such as violating some obscure regulation, but no immunity for the big items such as if she was actively conspiring with others to attack conservative groups.
thanks for the added info....GG
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