Thune: Lerner Taking the Fifth Suggests ‘an Admission of Guilt’

Senator John Thune (R., S.D.) is suspicious of Lois Lerner’s decision to take the Fifth Amendment rather than testify at this morning’s House Oversight Committee hearing. Lerner served as director of the IRS’s Exempt Organizations division during the time of the agency’s targeting of conservative groups.

“One thing is Lois Lerner is taking the Fifth . . . which would suggest there’s an admission of guilt right there,” Thune said on Fox News last night. He also criticized other IRS officials for giving “more non-answers than answers” at yesterday’s Senate Finance Committee hearing.