Do liberals understand a federal judge can compel you to testify before Congress?

No not at all "if you make a statement before Congress regarding allegations "

that makes no sense that you lose your 5th for that, I dont think you know about what you speak.

So if you make a statement the government can water board you? Do you really know what the fifth amendment is?

Congress is not a forum absent of 5th Amendment protections. It may very well be a wise move to require a more formalized legal proceeding considering the concerns. Never know if the IRS employees were acting at the direction or discretion of members of Congress.

edit: Should there be information related to Congress' involvement or discretion concerning the issues, the matters cannot rightfully be heard in Congress, so it needs to be heard in a Court. In that event, or a similar one, 5th Amendment rights uphold that checks and balances requirement.

ANY statement you make while under oath is supposed to preclude the 5th. When you star talking you give up your ability to claim the 5th. If you take the stand and upon the first question you claim it your good. But you can't claim ignorance of a certain thing and then plead the 5th. you can't know and not know at the same time,.

If in fact he did personally sign the warrants.....he certainly should have known about it..... If he delegated the authority to sign, he can escape culpability but not responsibility.... Both Eric Holder and Barrak Obama are racists (want proof....I can post proof) Both Eric Holder and Barrak Obama are incompetent ( also proveable ) Eric Holder is the worst Director of the Department of Justice in history....is indirectly responsible for Americans losing their lives..... and I say that in full knowledge of the incompetency of Janet Reno

No one can compel me to testify as a free man.

They can offer punishment at best if I don't but thats it. You only have as much power as I allow you to have.

If I were a vindictive man, I could tell that judge that no matter what he says I'm going to put him down like a rabid dog. Do you really think that if I make my mind up to do it that they can stop me?

I mean really? Do you think you can stop a determined individual?

I'm sure that will be decided if they want to pursue it. I doubt they will, since getting to the truth isn't going to lead where they want, they would much prefer the illusion of wrongdoing to the actuality of some lower level person exceeding his authority, or even just finding that the TEA Party didn't fill out the forms properly.

Compulsion is force of one kind or another. The fifth amendment says you can not be compelled to testify against yourself.

She and her lawyer screwed the proverbial pooch.

She voided her right to invoke the 5th by making that statement.

She will testify, one way or another

It has happened before, mostly to the press corps who have refused to answer questions about their sources.

5th Amendment MEANS 5th Amendment...I think thats that neo-conserativism thats talking...you know, how they LOVE the US Constitution, but once tradegy strikes they become delusional about it and pass the PATRIOT Act(which obama extended).

same with libtards with sandy hook and gun control, but it failed miserably, like most of libtard policy.