Lois Lerner could go to jail in contempt clash

The Washington Examiner ^ | March 27, 2014 | editorial board

[Jabba the Nutt]

The House GOP will do nothing, because doing nothing is the safe option. They put Eric Holder in Contempt of Congress in September 2012 and have since done nothing but continue to send Holder letters asking him to comply with subpoenas.

Cowards.

[upchuck]

A minor correction to the headline:

Lois Lerner could should go to jail in contempt clash

Waiting till the word should can be changed to the word will.

[tennmountainman]

Bonehead and Cantor?

They don’t want to actually make Lerner pay a price.
They just want to use it as a campaign tool.

[prisoner6]

> the House of Representatives has the authority to jail her<

A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action!

Elvis. 1968.

Maybe the YouTube link should be sent every House Republican.

[null and void]

Poor Lois.

She has to calculate the risk of spending an eight or nine month stretch in the congressional slammer, Vs the possibility of being dead forever.

[Hoodat]

If Lerner were a Republican and if Democrats controlled the House, then yes, she probably would be sent to jail. But unfortunately, Republican control the House. So the chance of them actually doing anything to punish her remains equal to the probability of Obama releasing his college records.

[upchuck]

That mere wrist slaps have become the norm speaks volumes.

A bank treats its depositors in a fraudulent manner. The bank get fined (read, the bank’s shareholders pay for it). How much better if the bank CEO, and others if appropriate, be put in prison? As it stands, the CEO receives no real punishment.

Same with Lerner, Holder, et al. Time in jail is significant.

Forcing Lerner to “suffer” through administrative leave with pay is a joke.

[Georgia Girl 2]

She could go to jail but she won’t. Nobody will go to jail. What else is new?

[bigbob]

I’d bet she has a better chance of getting her own show on CNN than going to jail.

[I want the USA back]

Turkey neck will not go to jail. The corrupt ‘justice’ department will see to it that she doesn’t.

[progunner]

Sure looks like America is speaking up. It's time for the 113^th to get fired.

[Logical me]

Lois Lerner will never get time. She is under the communists umbrella of King Obama.

[wayoverontheright]

There is enough evidence in the public domain to conclude that Lois Lerner at least participated in violations of citizens’ rights, perhaps presided over the violations, or conspired with others to do so.

This is a crime, and she’s obstructing justice.

Put her in jail.

[BraveMan]

• Attorney General Eric Holder
  
• White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten
  
• White House General Counsel Harriet Miers
  
• Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Anne Gorsuch Burford
  
• EPA Assistant Administrator Rita Lavelle.
  
  None of which has spent any time in jail for Contempt.

[Tupelo]

re: Lois Lerner could go to jail in contempt clash

In what parallel universe? Shirley not in this one.

[jeffc]

Plus, Lerner may be on solid ground in thinking Boehner and other House Republicans don't have the political spine to jail her.

I've yet to see a spine, except from Trey Gowdy. I hope they are stringing her out so she'll name names (like obammy).

And why aren't Repubs out in front of cameras every day likening this to Watergate. Repeat it often enough and...

[JohnG45]

The corrupt ‘justice’ department will see to it that she doesn’t.

The DOJ has nothing to do with Congress' ability to hold someone in contempt and jail them. It is up to Boehner to allow contempt proceedings to be held. That is where the bottleneck is - Boehner!

[Hostage]

Boehner won’t do it.

[monocle]

Not much chance with the GOP leadership declaring war on the Tea Party - the enemy of my enemy is my friend or ally.

[Cyber Liberty]

Does anybody here think Bonehead has the rocks to do this? I don’t.