Senior IRS Official to Take the 5th

A top IRS official scheduled to testify Wednesday before the House Oversight committee has notified Congress that she will invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer questions.

Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit which handled tax-exempt organizations, won't answer questions about what she knows about the improper screening of conservative groups or about why she repeatedly failed to tell Congress that such targeting was going on, according to a letter from her lawyer, William W. Taylor 3rd.

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That is certainly her absolute right. What's more, given the circumstances I will go so far as to say it is probably a very smart decision from a legal perspective. And of course this must not be held against her... in a court of law. That however does not apply to the workplace. No one should be able to invoke the 5th amendment when asked by their employer if they are a thief and expect to remain employed. Especially if you are employed in a law enforcement capacity.

Ms. Lerner should be immediately dismissed.