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That's hard to watch... Awkward situations can be good in sitcoms, but when it's real they just make me feel, well, awkward.Rex B wrote:Apparently Ms. Lerner isn't quite to the apology stage.
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Pretty funny even the neighbors won't let her in the house
When asked how he could come to the to the conclusion that this wasn't politically motivated, he said something along the lines of "I can't answer that without giving, for example, terrorists information about how to get tax-exempt status".RoyGBiv wrote:I didn't catch that.. but.. I'm doing spreadsheets while the hearings are playing on the other screen, so, I may have missed it..Dave2 wrote:I'm watching the IRS hearings, and Mr. George just said, in so many words, that the targeting isn't political because conservatives might be terrorists. Seriously.
Mr. George is, generally, one of the good guys in all this.. He seems to be competent, thorough and answering questions to the best of his ability or to the limits imposed upon him by current law. I wonder how he feels having to sit beside those other tyranny-enabling slimeballs.?
Oh, absolutely. Throw her in with all the mob and drug cartel people in prison for tax evasion.Jaguar wrote:The House committee indicated it would question Lerner about why she provided incomplete information to the committee at least four times last year. This is my problem - she can lie (by omission) to Congress on four separate occasions then when they find she is lying she pleads the Fifth. I think Congress should charge her perjury and criminally prosecute her until some facts start flowing from her.
Actually, since this isn't a trial (yet), can she plead the fifth at all? I'm thinking yes, since the fifth would be somewhat toothless if it only applied to actual trials, but I've been wrong before.The Annoyed Man wrote:Top IRS official will invoke the Fifth Amendment in congressional hearing about tea party targeting program
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Either what she did is not illegal, as the guy who just resigned claims, or it is illegal and she'll plead the Fifth. If it's NOT illegal, then can she plead the 5th without being in contempt of Congress?