The Patriot Post® · Constitutional Protection

The House Ways and Means Committee voted Wednesday to urge Attorney General Eric Holder to pursue criminal charges against former IRS official Lois Lerner. The House Oversight Committee will vote Thursday on contempt charges as well. Lerner, of course, played a key role in the IRS’s political targeting of Tea Party and Patriot groups. She infamously began testimony before a Congressional committee with opening remarks unilaterally declaring her innocence but then switched to pleading the Fifth during questioning from House members. House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer declared his support for Lerner, saying that she was right to plead the Fifth because “the Constitution gives you protections against big government.” How galling. Lerner – and for that matter, Hoyer – are the very embodiment of Big Government. To add insult to injury, Lerner has hid behind the Constitution to protect herself from the consequences of violating it.