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Lois Lerner fears for her life if she testifies at Wednesday's oversight hearing.
2014-03-05
[Daily Caller] Lois Lerner fears for her life if she testifies openly before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday, according to her attorney.

House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa announced Sunday that Lerner will testify at Wednesday's hearing, but Lerner's attorney Bill Taylor said that Lerner will seek to continue invoking her Fifth Amendment rights and will also seek a one-week delay of her testimony.

Oversight members are reportedly open to granting Lerner a one-week delay if she petitions for one in person at Wednesday's hearing. The delay would allow Lerner's lawyers to continue negotiating for immunity, which they have been doing since at least September.
If she's done nothing wrong, what is there to fear ?
If she's doing nothing wrong, why does she need immunity?
Still not clear why she fears for her life. Is this some kind of Democratic omerta?
Posted by:Besoeker

#20  Congress needs to initiate action to take away her pension. That will get her attention.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2014-03-05 21:32  

#19  This women should be sitting in jail in contempt of Congress.
Posted by: Bugs Hitler6550   2014-03-05 19:12  

#18  Her comments were an attempt to get this all behind closed doors where the press won't feel the same pressure for not covering it.

I beleave the FBI and others sent the IRS wish-lists of whom they wanted to harrass and thus don't want to be tangled in yet another snooping type deal.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2014-03-05 15:31  

#17  (including FATCA)

You mean Fat Cat?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-03-05 11:46  

#16  Even though dismissed by Chairman Issa, Lerner and her legal team appeared to sit obediently through the Cummings tirade.

BASTARDS !
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-03-05 11:46  

#15  But then there was this.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-03-05 11:40  

#14  Mods, sorry about the width. It didn't look that big on the page I copied it from.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-03-05 11:38  

#13  
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-03-05 11:38  

#12  BINGO.... Lois goes mums. In an attempt to make a pro-Champ political statement, Congressman Elijah Cummings makes arse of himself.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-03-05 09:54  

#11  ..Related: The IRS Outrage - Behind the Obama administration's sham inquiry. <LINK>
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2014-03-05 09:29  

#10  Prediction: She'll plead the 5th. It'll be over very quickly.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-03-05 09:14  

#9  So she is in fear of her life from the Mormons or the Amish or the Tea Party? She may end up like Jimmy Hoffa if she talks. It is the Chicago Boyz she needs to fear.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-03-05 09:07  

#8  If she's afraid to testify, doesn't this mean the IRS should be getting an anal probe of epic proportions? By the FBI and other Federal agencies? Death threats from members of a Federal agency should be unacceptable.

How about this, defund the IRS pension fund until the end of the investigation:p
Posted by: Silentbrick   2014-03-05 09:02  

#7  take the stairs, Lois. Bypass the elevators
Posted by: Frank G   2014-03-05 08:27  

#6  Los Lerner's husband Michel Miles' law firm has strong regime connections.
Link.

And what might his specific assignments and particular areas of expertise be you ask ?

Michael Miles provides insurance companies with creative solutions and tax planning strategies for their corporate, insurance, and reinsurance transactions, including cross-border transactions and corporate restructurings. Michael also advises on consolidated return issues, the general taxation of corporations and shareholders, the taxation of regulated investment companies, and the application of withholding rules (including FATCA). He has substantial experience in advising clients on the tax consequences of proposed mergers and other reorganizations, reinsurance transactions, stock and asset acquisitions, and dispositions, distributions, and redemptions.
Link
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-03-05 07:16  

#5  Ready to Rule from Day One.

Prescient.
Posted by: gorb   2014-03-05 07:00  

#4  Not even a "smidgun" of Corruption.

Does anybody ANYBODY believe Obama would actually LIE to you and to me and to everybody in the room, and possibly Lie to everybody in the entire Nation? Huh?

After all HE is the Messiah.

As to poor Lois, do you feel any pity for her? Even a "smidgun"?
Gas the rat or feed it its own entrails. Or maybe an injection of something that will blast her heartbeat right out her nose. Take her down the hall and do it on the back steps so we don't ruin the rug. Oh, and be sure to vote for Hillary so we keep the same people down at the IRS in place. We are going to continue to need that kind of people for a better and stronger GOVERNMENT. Ready to Rule from Day One.
Posted by: Spereting Tingle4064   2014-03-05 06:20  

#3  Lois Learner, please meet Jim Clapper. Jim Clapper please meet Lois Lerner... Oh, you've already met ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-03-05 03:54  

#2  ...meant to say, even worse, she was ordered to do so by her gal pall Hildebeast...
Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815   2014-03-05 01:39  

#1  Well, if this has to do with Obama giving her direct orders, or even worse, then she may end up like Vince Foster.
Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815   2014-03-05 01:38  

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