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<blockquote data-quote="roadrunner2012" data-source="post: 1142393" data-attributes="member: 40736"><p>"Some legal scholars, including Dershowitz, have said that in giving the opening statement, Lerner <strong>may</strong> have waived her Fifth Amendment protections."</p><p></p><p>'May' is the key word. Some agree, some don't. They all pretty much agree she is in way over her head. of course, if she was lying in her opening statement, that would be perjury, but that would be the least of her worries.</p><p></p><p>More educated opinion: <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2013/0523/IRS-scandal-Will-House-throw-Lois-Lerner-in-slammer-video/%28page%29/2" target="_blank">IRS scandal: Will House throw Lois Lerner in slammer? (+video) - CSMonitor.com</a></p><p></p><p>"The key question here is whether Lerner was simply asserting her opinion that she is innocent or whether she was testifying about her version of the facts of the case, writes Orin Kerr, a professor at the George Washington University School of Law, <a href="http://www.volokh.com/2013/05/22/can-a-congressional-witness-deny-guilt-and-then-plead-the-fifth/" target="_blank">on The Volokh Conspiracy legal blog</a>.</p><p></p><p>Professor Kerr canvassed some criminal procedure law professors for their views on that matter.</p><p>“Opinions were somewhat mixed, but I think it’s fair to say that the bulk of responders thought that Lerner had not actually testified because she gave no statements about the facts of what happened,” Kerr writes. “If that view is right, Lerner successfully invoked her Fifth Amendment rights and cannot be called again.”"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roadrunner2012, post: 1142393, member: 40736"] "Some legal scholars, including Dershowitz, have said that in giving the opening statement, Lerner [B]may[/B] have waived her Fifth Amendment protections." 'May' is the key word. Some agree, some don't. They all pretty much agree she is in way over her head. of course, if she was lying in her opening statement, that would be perjury, but that would be the least of her worries. More educated opinion: [url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2013/0523/IRS-scandal-Will-House-throw-Lois-Lerner-in-slammer-video/%28page%29/2]IRS scandal: Will House throw Lois Lerner in slammer? (+video) - CSMonitor.com[/url] "The key question here is whether Lerner was simply asserting her opinion that she is innocent or whether she was testifying about her version of the facts of the case, writes Orin Kerr, a professor at the George Washington University School of Law, [URL="http://www.volokh.com/2013/05/22/can-a-congressional-witness-deny-guilt-and-then-plead-the-fifth/"]on The Volokh Conspiracy legal blog[/URL]. Professor Kerr canvassed some criminal procedure law professors for their views on that matter. “Opinions were somewhat mixed, but I think it’s fair to say that the bulk of responders thought that Lerner had not actually testified because she gave no statements about the facts of what happened,” Kerr writes. “If that view is right, Lerner successfully invoked her Fifth Amendment rights and cannot be called again.”" [/QUOTE]
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