DRUDGE is reporting:
◼ Lois Lerner, the head of the exempt organizations division of the IRS, won’t answer questions about what she knew about the improper screening — or why she didn’t disclose it to Congress, according to a letter from her defense lawyer, William W. Taylor III. Lerner was scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. - Richard Simon and Joseph Tanfani/LA Times
Since Lerner won’t answer questions, Taylor asked that she be excused from appearing, saying that would “have no purpose other than to embarrass or burden her.” There was no immediate word whether the committee will grant her request.
◼ Commissioner knew more than year ago about IRS targeting conservatives - Juliet Eilperin/Washington Times
◼ Ex-chief: Can't say how it happened
◼ Conservative Group Waiting 3 Years For Approval Files Suit - Ian Tuttle/National Review
Says Cleta Mitchell, attorney for True the Vote: “We are not going to allow the IRS to claim, as it has been doing in the past week, that the targeting of conservative groups is over and ‘everything has been fixed.’ It is not yet fixed and this litigation is a vital step both to resolve True the Vote’s status and to learn exactly what happened inside the IRS.”
◼ Here we go: IRS official Lois Lerner to plead the Fifth at congressional hearing tomorrow - Allahpundit/HotAir
Hey, remember when Steve Miller insisted there’s nothing illegal about the IRS targeting a particular political faction for extra scrutiny? He was wrong, potentially: There are civil-rights laws in play as well as the Hatch Act, plus some of the IRS’s own regulations for employee conduct. Lois Lerner and her lawyer know the score...
◼ THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FINALLY FINDS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IT CAN GET BEHIND: Top IRS official will invoke 5th Amendment. - Instapundit
She’s lawyered-up, and not just with any lawyer, either.
◼ Top IRS Official to Invoke Fifth, Issa Subpoenas - Shane Goldmacher/National Journal
◼ IRS worker used government credit card for years-long AMAZON shopping spree
◼ Top Dems blame scandal on tax code - Washington Times
◼ marching orders: Liberal Pundits Gather in West Wing - Daniel Halper/Weekly Standard
National Public Radio reporter Ari Shapiro reports that liberal pundits were seen entering the West Wing:
Spotted: @joshtpm @capehartj @ezraklein & other lefty columnists headed into the West Wing as a group. POTUS coffee? Carney meeting? Anyone?
— Ari Shapiro (@arishapiro) May 21, 2013
The pundits include Jonathan Capehart, Josh Marshall, and Ezra Klein
.@ezraklein, @joshtpm, @capehartj are all open leftists. The news and what is odd isthat WH feels need to bring them in.
— John Nolte(@NolteNC) May 21, 2013
Remember, @whpresscorps, Obama isn't calling @ezraklein @joshtpm in to tell him the same retarded bullshit you get from @presssec
— DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) May 21, 2013
So basically, Lois Lerner will be confirming that she lied by taking the fifth. There's no longer any wiggle room.
— RB (@RBPundit) May 21, 2013
IRS official takes the Fifth: humanevents.com/2013/05/21/irs… Lois Lerner has a lot to not talk about.
— Human Events (@HumanEvents) May 21, 2013
