Posted on 07/06/2013 8:09:23 AM PDT by markomalley
On Tuesday, William W. Taylor III, attorney for Lois Lerner, the IRS official at the center of the Tea Party targeting scandal who invoked her Fifth amendment rights before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on May 22, set forward his client's hard line conditions to return and testify openly before the committee.
"They can obtain her testimony tomorrow by doing it the easy way … immunity. That’s the way to resolve all of this," he told Politico.
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was unimpressed. "We hope she comes in and gives us the truth and answers questions. If that doesn’t happen, then you cross the next bridge. … If she says, ‘No, I’m going to come in and assert my Fifth Amendment rights again and not going to speak,’ then you think about what the other options are."
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How about witness protection program?
I thought I was a liberal in my youth. The truth was I didn’t “get” politics, but, all the smart profs were liberals so that HAD to be the right ideology...didn’t it? Deep down I knew I must be stupid because I couldn’t successfully argue the liberal viewpoints. Then one day I saw the light (Thank you, Rush!) Oh the joy I experienced when suddenly everything political made sense. I was so ecstatic that I couldn’t wait to share that joy and obviously true insight with my liberal friends...oh boy. I have different friends now.
How about witness protection program?
Of course you are right,I can dream can’t I.. the first thing I do when I wake in the morning is to pray these thugs get what they deserve.
One can not help but wonder as to what cesspool of lawlessness the IRS must be when an employee requires immunity to answer questions about her job performance.............
“She said she broke no laws. Why would she need immunity?”
5th Amendment protection is only for criminal proceedings. That means she thinks she is criminally at risk. She affirmatively asserted that she broke no laws. She is immediately at risk for perjury.
If I were Issa, I would play hard ball. I would tell her that by asserting the 5th, she is basically admitting that she broke the law. Therefore, he is initiating a criminal referral for perjury and crimes yet undiscovered to the US Attorney.
Her normal life is basically over at this point. She will now have to spend her savings to keep herself from being convicted of a felony and being sent to prison. Her career in government is over.
No immunity unless you deliver people above you. She cannot “take the fall” for the administration.
As long as she gives up the person who was in charge of the IRS tea party mess I say give her immunity. If she lies with the immunity, she will lose it. I think it was Obama that asked for the IRS to do the slowdown. I know for sure it was someone in the Whitehouse.
I suspect so, too. Anyways let’s try to figure out how to use this small fish to entrap the BIG FISH...
Of course offer her a deal. Who cares about her. Let’s find out who told her to do this.
I have proposed that there should be an amendment to the constitution which prohibits the president from pardoning anyone who is not an “arm’s length” from the president or his administration. If it is shown that the pardon was used to protect the president from proscecution, the pardon is revoked, and the sentence doubled.
The SOP for this is for her and her attorney to provide a ‘proffer’, which is a description of what she will testify to if she receives immunity. If she lies or contradicts her proffer then her immunity is gone.
She better watch what she eats from here on out..
No, no, no!
Lerner must be executed for crimes against the Republic
There is no higher crime
Sounds fair. That works.
“She affirmatively asserted that she broke no laws.”
And in that instant waived her 5th amendment rights. Now she is on the hook and she knows it. This is why she is in contempt of congress. The 5th does not allow you to get up, and tell your side of the story and then refuse any questions.
She tried to have it both ways and screwed it up.
You cannot legally strip her of her retirement. She is most likely under FERS which is a small annuity and the equivalent of a 401K
It would need to be full of names, recalled conversations and directions from ALL her superiors. None of this “I was the only one” crap.
Then Issa subpoenas all such paperwork, email, voice mail and the individuals involved.
At that time the recipients of the subpoenas can watch Lois spill the beans on cspan while clutching said subpoenas in their sweaty hands...
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