Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the the agency's targeting of Tea Party groups, where she invoked her constitutional right not to incriminate herself. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
Video: Nine times Lois Lerner took the Fifth in the House Oversight Committee
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., questioned former Internal Revenue Agency official Lois Lerner on Wednesday about her role in handling Tea Party groups' nonprofit status applications.
In more than 20 minutes of testimony, Lerner refused to answer Issa's questions on nine different occasions, asserting her rights under the Fifth Amendment.
Watch the video highlights above.
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Video: Nine times Lois Lerner took the Fifth in the House Oversight Committee
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., questioned former Internal Revenue Agency official Lois Lerner on Wednesday about her role in handling Tea Party groups' nonprofit status applications.
In more than 20 minutes of testimony, Lerner refused to answer Issa's questions on nine different occasions, asserting her rights under the Fifth Amendment.
Watch the video highlights above.
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