Reuters: Politics: IRS official to assert Fifth Amendment right at House hearing

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IRS official to assert Fifth Amendment right at House hearing May 21st 2013, 20:15 Tweet Share this Email Print Factboxes Factbox: Four key questions in the unfolding IRS scandal Mon, May 20 2013 Factbox: Key players in the IRS scandal Fri, May 17 2013 Related News Timeline: Events in IRS 'Tea Party' scrutiny scandal Mon, May 20 2013 Attention shifts to White House in IRS probe Mon, May 20 2013 Tax chief forced out in IRS scandal Thu, May 16 2013 Analysis & Opinion It’s not Watergate, it’s Whitewater Chutzpah redefined? Rating agencies want FHFA to share discovery costs A woman walks out of the Internal Revenue Service building in New York in this May 13, 2013 photo. Credit: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton WASHINGTON | Tue May 21, 2013 4:15pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official who revealed the agency was giving extra scrutiny to conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, will assert her constitutional right not to answer questions to a congressional committee on Wednesday, her lawyer said in a letter obtained by Reuters. "She has not committed any crime or made any misrepresentation but under the circumstances she has no choice but to take this course," Lerner's attorney, William Taylor, wrote to the chairman of the House of Representatives committee that is holding hearings into the IRS. Taylor said he had advised Lerner to assert her Fifth Amendment right due to allegations made by the committee chairman, Darrell Issa, that she had provided false and misleading information to Congress. Issa has issued a subpoena to demand that Lerner attend his panel's hearing on Wednesday, the third in less than two weeks since the scandal first erupted, according to a second document obtained by Reuters. (Reporting by Kim Dixon; Editing by Eric Beech) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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