A bushel of Pinocchios for IRS’s Lois Lerner – The Washington Post
In fact, just two days before the ABA conference, Lerner appeared before Congress and was asked by Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) about the status of investigations into 501(c)(4) groups. She provided a bland answer about a questionnaire on the IRS Web site, failing to take the opportunity to disclose the results of the probe. (The clip is embedded below, with the question coming at 5:09.) Small wonder that Crowley is now calling for her to resign, saying that Lerner lied to him.
Why isn’t she being charged with perjury, then?
Or was she not sworn? And if not, why not?
Why does it seem to have become a practice in congress not to swear the people who are actually in charge of things? Are the congress-critters afraid they might actually tell the truth?
Eh, six of one, half dozen of the other. Why bother trading?
Whether under oath or no, lying to a Congressional Committee is a felony: 18 USC §1001.
She was operating under King's X, no doubt – had her fingers crossed behind her back, both hands – so…no harm, no foul, right?