Yesterday we noted that Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge of the unit overseeing tax exempt groups, would apparently plead the fifth at today’s hearings (here’s video of her testimony today). Rick Hasen said he thinks the issue is that she’s the person who is most likely to have lied or actively misled Congress when asked about the targeting issue earlier. People above her may not have had as direct information. Read More

Chuck Todd: “You can’t look at this and see it as anything other than an attempt to basically scare anybody from ever leaking anything ever again. So, they want to criminalize journalism and that’s what it’s coming down to.” Watch.