The New York Times: WASHINGTON — A House committee voted on Thursday to hold a former Internal Revenue Service official in contempt for refusing to answer its questions about her role in holding up applications for tax exemption from conservative political groups before the last election.
The official, Lois Lerner, faced the same panel, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, last year and made a statement denying any wrongdoing. Then she refused to answer questions, invoking her Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate herself.
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