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2014-03-06 -Lurid Crime Tales-

[FOXNEWS] A House hearing on the IRS targeting scandal rapidly broke down into a heated and deeply personal argument between a top Democrat and Republican, moments after former IRS official Lois Lerner once again invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to testify.

Lerner, who last year refused to answer questions about her role in singling out Tea Party and other conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status, was called back before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday. Though Republicans argue she waived her Fifth Amendment right by giving a statement during the last hearing, Lerner continued to invoke that right on Wednesday.

"On the advice of my counsel, I respectfully exercise my Fifth Amendment right and decline to answer that question," she said in response to several questions.

But ranking Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings
...Representative-for-life from Maryland, representing half of Baltimore City, which makes his district ultra-safe, and most of Howard County, which is out-populated by the city. Cummings' politix are so liberal they're tedious...
, D-Md., got into a heated argument with Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., after Issa tried to adjourn the hearing.

Issa at first stood up and prepared to leave as Cummings said he wanted to ask a "procedural question." In seconds, tensions flared.

"Mr. Chairman, you cannot run a committee like this," Cummings appealed.

Cummings' microphone was then turned off, and then flipped back on again. Issa sat down momentarily, but then abruptly told Lerner she was "released" and said: "We're adjourned, close it down."

Posted by Fred 2014-03-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Elijah Cummings is an Anti-American POS. And a Donk hack, BIRM

Posted by Frank G 2014-03-06 08:05|| 2014-03-06 08:05|| Front Page Top

#2 The old tactic of diverting attention by raising hell on something completely unrelated.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-03-06 08:16|| 2014-03-06 08:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Turning OFF the mike is dirty, But Normal for Dems, NO dissenting thought,and if there is, shut it off.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2014-03-06 08:33|| 2014-03-06 08:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Put Cummings in the hot seat. He knows something.

Posted by Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-03-06 09:47|| 2014-03-06 09:47|| Front Page Top

#5 "Not a smidgeon of corruption at the IRS"

Posted by Frank G 2014-03-06 10:10|| 2014-03-06 10:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Cummings did not have a question. He started to rant about how this was a trumped up investigation. Once Issa realized it was not a question but a political rant he shut off the show. Good move.

Posted by 49 Pan 2014-03-06 10:19|| 2014-03-06 10:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Cummings said all he wanted to do was get at the truth (before the committee packed up and went home while he was still talking for the cameras). He wouldn't know or be interested in the truth if it smacked him across the face. He just wanted to grandstand for the cameras and the folks back home.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-03-06 10:26|| 2014-03-06 10:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Elijah Cummings took a 5th of whiskey

Posted by airandee 2014-03-06 10:39|| 2014-03-06 10:39|| Front Page Top

#9 This tracks with regular joe's theorem of "any mobster activity is eventually taken over by the state."

In this case horse race fixing -- with the IRS and 2012 elections -- compete with drunken track tout lout diversion.

Posted by regular joe 2014-03-06 11:03|| 2014-03-06 11:03|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm afraid that, if the things on the home front get bad enough, the uber-moron will start a war with Russia.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-03-06 12:42|| 2014-03-06 12:42|| Front Page Top

#11 Another boneheaded decision?

Posted by gorb 2014-03-06 15:13|| 2014-03-06 15:13|| Front Page Top

#12 Just a diversion to give the media a story other than Lois the Hag takes the 5th again. An orange jump suit becomes her.

Posted by Capsu78 2014-03-06 17:55|| 2014-03-06 17:55|| Front Page Top

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