Congress Takes 1st Step Towards Jailing Lois Lerner

By Elizabeth Nelson

We all understand that Holder and the Justice Department won't willingly prosecute Lois Lerner and it appears, by all of Obama's comments, that he will continue to protect whatever secrets she may or may not have within that prejudicial pea brain of hers, and Congressman Steven Stockman (R-TX) obviously feels the same way, “asking the Justice Department to prosecute Lois Lerner for admittedly illegal activity is a joke. The Obama administration will not prosecute the Obama administration.”  

Adding, “how much longer will the House allow itself to be mocked? It is up to this House to uphold the rule of law and hold accountable those who illegally targeted American citizens for simply having different ideas than the president.”  Well, we may not have to wait much longer to find out, if the House gets their way, because Rep. Stockman has filed a Resolution, H.Res. 664, which "finds Lerner in contempt of Congress" and, should it pass, he's written in an addendum that requests that she be arrested post haste and held without special treatment.  

"The Speaker of the House should issue his warrant directed to the Sergeant-at-Arms, or his deputy, commanding him toarrest and take into custody forthwith, wherever to be found, the body of LoisG. Lerner..." The greatest thing is, it only has to pass the House to go into effect, never having to see the light of the Senate floor.

WND has learned the House of Representatives is considering whether to send Lois Lerner to jail for contempt of Congress. Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, has just submitted a resolution, HR 664, which finds Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before a congressional committee.

Lerner, the former head of the IRS tax-exempt division, has admitted the IRS improperly targeted conservative groups seeking 501(c)(3) status. However, Lerner twice invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refused to testify before the House Oversight Committee.

The resolution only has to pass the House, not the Senate, to go into effect. And the House is controlled by Republicans, so its passage would seem assured. If the House passes the resolution and finds Lerner in contempt, she could go to jail, according to a copy of the legislation obtained by WND.

The resolution states that she should be held in contempt because the threat of prosecution has clearly been insufficient to encourage her “to be honest and candid with Congress regarding the heinous actions of the Internal Revenue Service.”

It further states, “That the Speaker issue his warrant directed to the Sergeant-at-Arms, or his deputy, commanding him to arrest and take into custody forthwith, wherever to be found, the body of Lois G. Lerner and bring her to the bar of the House without delay to answer to the charge of contempt of its authority, breach of its privileges, and gross and wanton insult to the integrity of its proceedings, and in the meantime keep the body of Lerner in his custody in the common jail of the District of Columbia, subject to the further order of the House.

The resolution continues, “While in custody Lerner shall enjoy no special privileges beyond those extended to her fellow inmates, shall not access any computer or telephone, and shall not be visited by anyone other than her counsel, clergy, physician or family.”

There is no word yet on when the House might vote on the resolution. Read more at WND

Could it be, that we may actually hold someone accountable for at least one ObamaNation scandal and potentially get some answers? It's almost too much to hope for, that by throwing this "I plead the fifth" crook in jail, that we may actually get the truth out of her, at some point.  I'm not going to hold my breath, at least not yet, because I'm too tall to be a smurf, and smurfette was a blonde, not a redhead.