Video: Lois Lerner takes the Fifth again as Issa cuts off Elijah Cummings’s mic

Hotair ^ | 03/05/2014 | AllahPundit

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Via the Daily Caller, the exciting — I mean it! — conclusion to this weekend’s mystery about whether Lerner was thinking of testifying after all. Answer: Nope. She refused again, which I guess settles the question of whether she inadvertently waived her Fifth Amendment privilege last year by delivering an opening statement before Issa’s committee before suddenly clamming up. At the time, Issa thought that statement constituted a waiver; so did Alan Dershowitz. Maybe the committee decided it wasn’t worth their time litigating the issue. Riddle me this, though: Why don’t they just agree to grant her immunity for her testimony? Her lawyer’s asked for it before, and her testimony’s certainly more valuable than seeing her go to prison, especially given the ignominy she’s already suffered for her role in the IRS scandal. Maybe Issa and the GOP are worried that conservatives will be angry with them if they let Lerner walk. That’s a small price to pay, though, if she has incriminating info on others up the chain.

Instead, he chose to punish Rep. Elijah Cummings by ending the hearing in frustration before the guy had a chance to ask his question. Cue the excitement.

Update: Issa on why he cut Cummings’s mic: “He was actually slandering me at the moment that the mics did go off by claiming that this had not been a real investigation.”

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[Huskrrrr]

Dog and pony show, nothing will happen.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Elijah Cummings is a racist jackass and a disgrace to the state of Maryland

[smoothsailing]

Any day Elijah Cummings gets his mic cut mid-slander is a good day! LOL!!!

[Old Yeller]

Not a smidgeon of corruption. No sirreeee.

[null and void]

I didn't eat the

Chocolate!

[TigersEye]

As someone here pointed out yesterday, if she gets immunity she can then claim total blame, giving up no one, and walk away free.

[ChiefJayStrongbow]

agreed. Issa is a pompous grandstanding douche who has done ZERO in the face of countless breaches of law by this administration. he’s a complely useless sack of $hit. we have a one party government and 90% of congress only cares about themselves.

[MeshugeMikey]

[whatexit]

I want MY cigarettes, Nurse Ratched, MY cigarettes!!!!

[hal ogen]

The current state of maryland is a disgrace to the state of Maryland.

[Old Yeller]

As someone here pointed out yesterday, if she gets immunity she can then claim total blame, giving up no one, and walk away free.

If she wants to live, of course.

[Rappini]

I had heard that Lerner won’t testify because she had death threats and they’re probably from the white house.

[TigersEye]

You betcha! I think she has been advised to get immunity or take the 5th.

[Ann Archy]

Elijah was right......there was NOT an investigation!!!Democrats are LAW-Less because Republican "leaders" are BALL-LESS!!!

GROW A PAIR, DARRELL!!! THIS is ABSURD!

[Logical me]

Cut off mike? Big deal. Issa is a fool if he does not cite Lerner for contempt. Issa is a weak ars from the great State of California, the land of committed communists.

[Ray76]

She should be arrested under a warrant of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, by the Sergeant at Arms, and held for an indefinite period until she agrees to comply.

[TigersEye]

She says someone is trying to kill her so put her in
protective custody. For her own safety of course.

[I want the USA back]

So turkey neck isn’t in jail yet?

[G Larry]

Under Immunity, she would claim it was all her idea and nobody else to blame.

No other prosecutions would follow.