Lois Lerner Could Be Thrown In Jail In A Matter
Of Days
Lerner, who was charged with contempt of
Congress...
As the current legislative session
winds down, Texas Rep. Steve Stockman has one specific issue to tackle before
the upcoming recess. During a recent interview with Newsmax TV’s Steve
Malzberg, he indicated that he will put the proposition of arresting former IRS
official Lois Lerner to a congressional vote.
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Lerner, who was charged with
contempt of Congress for her obstruction during questioning about her role in
the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups, made headlines again Wednesday when
an email surfaced in which she called conservatives “a—holes” and “crazies.”
“My contention is if you charge
someone with contempt and you don’t take action, the contempt citation is
meaningless,” Stockman explained.
He acknowledged that support for
his proposition varies greatly throughout the chamber; however, he suggested
that a thorough review of her actions during the investigation might convince
some detractors to change their opinion.
“I would challenge any Democrat or
Republican to defend Lois Lerner’s actions,” he said; “and if you don’t vote to
uphold a contempt charge and make her accountable then my question is are you
advocating the behavior which she has displayed?”
Stockman said he has gotten some
significant support from many of his colleagues already.
“They said some things about ‘Jail
a word that rhymes with witch’ to me several times,” he said, “so some people
are very adamant about it and other people are less.”
As for where she might serve her
time, he concluded that “everybody jokes about having her serve here in the
House,” though he noted that his request “is that we just put her in a local
institution somewhere in D.C.”
He described Lerner as someone who
has shown “total disrespect for Congress” throughout the inquiry.
“She has been insolent,” he said.
“She is in no way compliant. She declared her Fifth Amendment right and then
went ahead and talked.”
Stockman also touched on the
possibility of impeaching Obama, which he said would likely just play right
into the administration’s plan.
Although he confirmed that
Obama has committed impeachable offenses while in office, he asserted that the
president is “begging to be impeached so he can raise money and recruit
volunteers.”
According to Stockman, Obama and
his supporters are trying to “encourage people like myself who feel he’s
violated the law to do just that.”
In any case, with just 12
legislative days left in the session as of his interview, Stockman doesn’t
think that impeachment proceedings are a feasible pursuit prior to the upcoming
midterm elections.
1 comment:
OK, the idea here is that you can't impeach a president of a corporation, and Mr. O thinks he is so smart and cockey. Go ahead and arrest Obama and put him in jail and take away his cell phone and do not allow him to contact anyone. He needs to join his buddy Lois.
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