Posted on 07/03/2013 7:35:39 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike
Embattled IRS official Lois Lerner will not testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee unless she’s given immunity from prosecution, her lawyer told POLITICO Tuesday.
“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.
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Oh no, she stated very boldly, ‘I have done nothing wrong, committed no crime...’ under oath!
Now she wants immunity from what?
Is this the same idiot lawyer who allowed Lerner to make a statement and thereby waive her 5th Amendment rights in the first place??
Indeed - DO IT!
Find out where the orders came from.
There is no way, short of a cabinet-level directive, that the ATF, FBI, OSHA, EPA and the IRS could coordinate to target a specific person.
You don’t get the scam here.
That’s a nice salary she’s drawing from the US Taxpayers while she’s on leave. Be a shame if she wasn’t getting paid anymore. Why, I’ll bet that big shot lawyer wouldn’t run his mouth so much if he was working for free.
give it to her. we’re after bigger fish.
Standard issue political lies. No one took that seriously from the very start. This is pretty significant because if granted immunity she would have to give full testimony, and under the treat of having the immunity revoked if she is found out to be lying.
She could very easily end up being the most damaging witness against the Obama administration to date. If she ties him directly to the anti-Tea Party IRS efforts even the Dems will have to call for Impeachment. It would have to be more than her word, of course, but the very fact that she is demanding immunity says that she has something she is willing to sell.
I really hope she has good security. This could get interesting.
No to immunity!
THIS>>>>>>>> “This chick is dumber that I originally thought.
Let’s see here...what are the chances of finding a disgruntled current or ex IRS employee who knew and saw everything and will be happy to put this moron away?
“close enough for government work””
She has already effectively waived her right to the 5th.
She has no power to negotiate. The gambit is to secure sympathy.
It is amazing how many people get sucked into this, no matter how many times the Democrats do it. She isn’t going to say a thing, she is a Democrat (communist) and therefore down for the cause. Immunity will simply peak public interest, while she goes before the committee and says nothing we don’t already know. The result will be as usual, the Republicans will look silly, and remaining public support for the investigation will be written off as fringe.
Lovely woman. She says she’s innocent, doesn’t know anything, and pleads the fifth.
And now she wants immunity before she testifies. She knows plenty.
Didn’t Susan McDougal spend some jail time for not talking?
exactly...if her testimony doesn't help advance the investigation and doesn't jive with other evidence already gathered, then no need to make a deal. She is better used as a poster-child for IRS arrogance and stone-walling.
Let’s see what she has to offer first. It’s not that I don’t trust these dems.
BINGO......she’s not going to admit ANYTHING bad about Obama......NOTHING!! She needs a few years in PRISON.
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