Lerner Won't Face Contempt Charges, Justice Department Says

Nearly two years after Lois Lerner infuriated Republican lawmakers by invoking her Fifth Amendment rights not to testify about her conduct at the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday that she will face no criminal contempt charges. U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. in letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said despite a May 7, 2014, vote by the full House to hold Lerner in contempt, his department disagrees with the House's interpretation of case law.

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