House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa will call on IRS official Lois Lerner to appear before his committee again. The California Republican told POLITICO that Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination by giving an opening statement at a hearing today probing the IRS scandal.
"When I asked her her questions from the very beginning, I did so so she could assert her rights prior to any statement," he said. "She chose not to do so - so she waived."
Lerner triggered the IRS scandal on May 10 when she acknowledged that the agency wrongly targeted conservative groups applying for a tax exemption. Her lawyer told the House committee earlier this week that she would invoke the Fifth Amendment.
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