Why Lois Lerner Should Be Granted Immunity -- It’s the only way for the House to get to the bottom of the IRS abuses.

From Andy McCarthy at National Review:

The IRS investigation, to the contrary, remains mired in Capitol Hill’s labyrinth of committees and subcommittees. To be sure, some important information has been uncovered. But the case is languishing. Indeed, during the House’s months of dithering over the contempt citation — which is meaningless from an investigative standpoint, however consequential it may be politically — the Obama administration has busied itself codifying the very abuses President Obama claimed to find “outrageous” and “unacceptable” when they first came to light.

In a competent investigation, one designed to find out what actually happened, Lois Lerner would have been immunized months ago. That is, Congress would have voted to compel her testimony by assuring that her statements could not be used against her in any future prosecution — removing the obstacle of her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.

I remember this about immunity deals, what is to prevent Lerner from claiming to be the mastermind of the targeting? When Ollie North and John Poindexter were given immunity deals for Iran-Contra, Poindexter claimed to be the mastermind of the plan. The Democrats were assuming he would name Reagan. Oops. No path to the White House.