This is a new one on me.
Yesterday, the House Ways & Means Committee voted to seek an investigation of lois lerner – specifically, whether she participated in the systematic singling out and intimidating of groups seeking tax-exempt status with names suggesting opposition to Barack Obama.
But there\’s a bit more to this: since the Attorney General is President Obama\’s disgraceful toady and sock-puppet, eric holder, the committee – no doubt anticipating holder won\’t act on its vote – is considering charging her with “Inherent Contempt”.
What is “Inherent Contempt”? It is a constitutional mechanism with a long history of usage (it was first invoked in 1795), by which lerner, if she refused to testify, could be jailed until a new congress is seated in 2015 – and then jailed again if she continued her refusal to testify.
And how could lerner prevent this from happening? That\’s simple. She can stop her lying (“I didn\’t do anything wrong, but I\’m taking the fifth to prevent incriminating myself”) and TESTIFY.
Yesterday, I wrote that I could see merit in giving lerner immunity, to force her testimony…with the understanding that if she did not testify fully and honestly she would pay the price for it. But, until now, I didn\’t know about “Inherent Contempt”.
Personally, I would love to see this procedure invoked here. It is long past time for the lying, and the stonewalling to end…along with a shameful, Accomplice Media burying the fact that these things are happening.
