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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Video: Confusion Erupts in IRS Hearing After Lois Lerner Pleads the 5th

By Rick Pearcey • May 22, 2013, 11:51 AM

Madeleine Morgenstern reports at The Blaze:

The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the political targeting scandal invoked her constitutional right not to answer lawmakers’ questions on Wednesday, but defiantly asserted that she has done nothing wrong.

Lois Lerner leads the IRS office that determines which organizations receive tax-exempt status, and was the first to publicly disclose earlier this month that the IRS gave extra scrutiny to conservative groups.

"An incensed Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) spoke up that Lerner should testify, arguing that she already waived her constitutional privilege," The Blaze reports.

"You don’t get to tell your side of the story and not be subjected to cross-examination. That’s not the way it works. She waived her right to Fifth Amendment privilege by issuing an opening statement, she ought to stand here and answer our questions," Gowdy said.

Members of the audience applauded Gowdy's remarks.

Here are YouTube videos (video 1, video 2) of Lois Lerner taking the 5th Amendment.

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