apparently though she is not leaving without a fight. she was suspended with pay at a salary that comes in about $170,000 a year plus bonuses. after she reportedly refused requests from her bosses to step down she didn t testify either. julie former advisor to senator frank lawsuiten burg and tony, president of talk radio news service, both fox news contributors. hey, guys, great to see you. great to see you. jamie: tony, what s next? i hardly think we see moments of such consensus in washington? you have a tea party conservative like rand paul. you have a liberal senator like carl levin from michigan and maverick like john mccain all saying they have lost confidence in lois lerner. at the very least she should be suspended without pay. incompetence occurred under her watch and department who she was supposed to supervise. obviously allegations of potential criminality. that s going to be part of oh, an investigation shah
group was ever denied by the irs their ability to operate as a a 01 c 4, which is not to say that what she did was wrong. they didn t approve their status. they didn t deny them but they didn t approve them. their status does not need to be approved. they can legally operate and the irrelevancy can only disprove their status. until the irs goes after them when it comes to file with them. larger picture, there was no excuse what they did. i will say just to that small point nobody was prevented from operating based on what she did. they weren t approved. she should not be there anymore. jamie: julie, i want to ask you real quick. you say she should go? no. tony? absolutely. jamie: apparently it s not that easy. no, sadly it s not. take care happy homered. jamie: have a great memorial day weekend. gregg: civil servants higher up they go in the hierarchy the more protections they should get. jamie: maybe we should take that test it.
do. jamie: tony, her supervisor asked for her resignation. she is not compelled to take it unfortunately. that s what we are in the midst of seeing. if she were somebody who had a degree of integrity or ethics she would resign or again is he very least agree not to take pay while there was an investigation or at the very least agree to be an active participant in these hearings. the government has the congress rather has this oversight role. now, she is saying i did nothing wrong. well then what are you hiding by invoking your fifth amendment privilege? unlike most sandals or controversies, it s not a matter did something wrong happen or what actually wrong happened. we know what happened and we know if it happened. we need to know why and how it happened. and she is preventing that from becoming part of the public record. i don t want to get too specific about the case because i really wondering what the impact is on the irs and really the administration because some people will