I know FReepers are famous for commenting on articles we haven’t actually read, but a lot of the people here didn’t even read the post.
Lynch didn’t “plead the Fifth”. She merely declined to answer questions posed by some Congressmen. Executive privilege, and all that.
Interesting choice of words, "merely".
The response from the attorney generals 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 worlds 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.I suppose stonewalling by this administration can be considered by some as "merely" an acceptable tactic, and say that Lynch is "merely" doing her job. If you consider the chief law enforcement officer of the United States declining to answer legitimate questions from a co-equal branch of the government as not a problem, "merely" to be dismissed as yet another clever political ploy, fine. I don't.The inquiry launched by the lawmakers is just one of several concurrent ongoing congressional probes aimed at unearthing a full accounting of the administrations secret negotiations with Iran.
It is frankly unacceptable that your department refuses to answer straightforward questions from the peoples elected representatives in Congress about an important national security issue, the lawmakers wrote. Your staff failed to address any of our questions, and instead provided a copy of public testimony and a lecture about the sensitivity of information associated with this issue.
As the United States chief law enforcement officer, it is outrageous that you would essentially plead the fifth and refuse to respond to inquiries, they stated. The actions of your department come at time when Iran continues to hold Americans hostage and unjustly sentence them to prison.
The lawmakers included a copy of their previous 13 questions and are requesting that Lynch provide answers by Nov. 4.
When asked about Lynchs efforts to avoid answering questions about the cash payment, Pompeo told the Free Beacon that the Obama administration has blocked Congress at every turn as lawmakers attempt to investigate the payments to Iran.
Who knew that simple questions regarding Attorney General Lynchs approval of billions of dollars in payments to Iran could be so controversial that she would refuse to answer them? Pompeo said. This has become the Obama administrations coping mechanism for anything related to the Islamic Republic of Iranhide information, obfuscate details, and deny answers to Congress and the American people.
They know this isnt a sustainable strategy, however, and I trust they will start to take their professional, and moral, obligations seriously, the lawmaker added.