6/26/13, "Second IRS staffer pleads the Fifth," Politico Pro, Rachel Bade
"A second IRS employee summoned to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee invoked the Fifth Amendment on Wednesday and refused to answer questions — a flashback to Lois Lerner, who did the same during a hearing on the agency’s scandal last month.
Gregory Roseman, who worked as a deputy director of acquisitions at the IRS, exercised his constitutional rights when Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) started interrogating him about panel findings that he helped a friend procure potentially $500 million worth of IRS contracts.
“On the advice of the counsel, I respectfully decline
to answer any questions and invoke my Fifth Amendment privilege to
remain silent,” Roseman said when Issa asked to whom he reported at the
IRS.
Issa continued: “Mr. Roseman, when did you first become aware of a company called Strong Castle Inc.?”
Roseman, who has been removed from his position pending the outcome of an inspector general investigation, repeated his first statement.
The panel on Tuesday released a report alleging that Roseman’s “cozy relationship” with Strong Castle Inc.’s president, Braulio Castillo, helped the company secure $500 million in potential contracts.
But unlike Lerner, who triggered the IRS scandal by acknowledging the agency wrongly targeted tea party groups applying for a tax exemption, Roseman didn’t offer any type of statement before invoking his constitutional rights."...via Lucianne
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