THIS IS FOR YOU, BARACK!
Posted on 07/10/2014 2:33:36 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON – WND has learned the House of Representatives is considering whether to send Lois Lerner to jail for contempt of Congress.
Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, has just submitted a bill, HR 664, which finds Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before a congressional committee.
Lerner, the former head of the IRS tax-exempt division, has admitted the IRS improperly targeted conservative groups seeking 501(c)(3) status.
However, Lerner twice invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refused to testify before the House Oversight Committee.
The bill only has to pass the House, not the Senate, in order to go into effect.
And the House is controlled by Republicans, so its passage would seem assured.
If the House passes the bill and finds Lerner in contempt, she could go to jail, according to a copy of the legislation obtained by WND.
The bill states that she should be held in contempt because the threat of prosecution has clearly been insufficient to encourage her “to be honest and candid with Congress regarding the heinous actions of the Internal Revenue Service.”
It further states, “That the Speaker issue his warrant directed to the Sergeant-at-Arms, or his deputy, commanding him to arrest and take into custody forthwith, wherever to be found, the body of Lois G. Lerner and bring her to the bar of the House without delay to answer to the charge of contempt of its authority, breach of its privileges, and gross and wanton insult to the integrity of its proceedings, and in the meantime keep the body of Lerner in his custody in the common jail of the District of Columbia, subject to the further order of the House.
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That was Edwin Edwards....................
THIS IS FOR YOU, BARACK!
Sounds great, but you know that before Lois Lerner even sees the front door of the jail, one of two things will happen. Either an Obama federal judge will intercede to keep her out of jail, or Obama will issue a grandstanding pardon, pointing out how extreme/desperate/partisan... the Republicans have become.
If it goes anywhere, it will surprise me.
Thanks, As I read more articles I did see where the Sergeant of Arms does the arresting, not Eric Holder.
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