Posted on 10/28/2016 9:01:22 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Attorney General Loretta Lynch is declining to comply with an investigation by leading members of Congress about the Obama administration’s secret efforts to send Iran $1.7 billion in cash earlier this year, prompting accusations that Lynch has “pleaded the Fifth” Amendment to avoid incriminating herself over these payments, according to lawmakers and communications exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) and Rep. Mike Pompeo (R., Kan.) initially presented Lynch in October with a series of questions about how the cash payment to Iran was approved and delivered.
In an Oct. 24 response, Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik responded on Lynch’s behalf, refusing to answer the questions and informing the lawmakers that they are barred from publicly disclosing any details about the cash payment, which was bound up in a ransom deal aimed at freeing several American hostages from Iran.
The response from the attorney general’s office is “unacceptable” and provides evidence that Lynch has chosen to “essentially plead the fifth and refuse to respond to inquiries regarding [her] role in providing cash to the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism,” Rubio and Pompeo wrote on Friday in a follow-up letter to Lynch, according to a copy obtained by the Free Beacon.
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STRING HER UP!
The current Attorney General of the USA taking the fifth in a congressional inquiry. Well done obammy voters.
Although I recognize that the Fifth Amendment covers everyone, I think the Founding Fathers would be very upset to see the Attorney General taking the fifth in order to hide the truth from Congress about money that was illegally funneled to a foreign power.
Government employees should not be able to take the 5th in investigations.
Has a U.S. Attorney General ever taken the Fifth before? I searched but could find nothing.
What did DOJ have to do with that mess?
Had we a congress with a spine and some testicles, she would never have been confirmed
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The Founding Fathers would have been more than just very upset, about everything about the current Administration—and, frankly about the previous two Administrations. What we have had since 1993 is something very different than the system for which they risked everything to obtain!
She did not take the 5th, she just did not answer questions on a separation of powers defense
Well...Lock Her Up
So everybody pleads the 5th, while Hillary drinks a 5th
At least she remembers enough of her criminal acts to take the fifth unlike Hellary who can’t remember past her morning fifth of whiskey.
WTF!!! Since when does Justice give Congress the finger?
What has happened to this government?
The “JUST US” Dept. is so corrupt and only CORRUPT PEOPLE are HIRED...witness Comey, Holder, Lynch....ALL CORRUPT!
Democrats are LAW-LESS because Republicans are BALL-LESS!!
The Hill Feb, 14, 2013
President Obama on Thursday hailed his administration for its transparency.
“This is the most transparent administration in history,” Obama said during a Google Plus “Fireside” Hangout.
“I can document that this is the case,” he continued.
The stewards took the strawberries.
5th Amendment protection for an Attorney General...gives the impression of criminal activity.
She refused to answer questions from Congress? Fine!
Congress should vote to impeach and remove her from office. Today.
Maybe the NEXT Attorney General will be more respectful.
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