House
Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) noted that because
Lerner had asserted her innocence in her opening statement, “I believe
you have not asserted your rights but have effectively waived your
rights” and took her refusal to answer as a refusal to testify.
An incensed
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) spoke up that Lerner should testify, agreeing
that she already waived her constitutional privilege.
“You don’t
get to tell your side of the story and not be subjected to
cross-examination. That’s not the way it works. She waived her right to
Fifth Amendment privilege by issuing an opening statement, she ought to
stand here and answer our questions,” Gowdy said, earning applause from
the audience.
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