(Fox News) A House committee will meet next week to consider whether to hold former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress, Rep. Darrell Issa announced Thursday.
The former IRS official has twice appeared before Congress, and twice invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions, regarding the IRS targeting scandal. But Republicans argue she waived that right — and have scheduled a meeting of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 10 to weigh contempt.
They say she played a key role in the agency’s practice of singling out conservative groups seeking non-profit status for extra scrutiny.
