Lois Lerner terrified her testimony about targeting conservatives could be made public

But she did nothing wrong, so what's the problem? Wouldn't it be much better to make her testimony public so we'll all understand how innocent she is?

Use comments to explain this to me. I'm so simple minded.

This legal stuff sure is confusing sometimes.

Herself and her deputy at IRS filed document saying transcripts and recordings of depositions they gave in court cases earlier this year must stay sealed forever, or else they can cause retaliation by an enraged public.

How so?

Come on. We're reasonable. She already told us she did noting wrong. We're eager to learn how IRS manipulated her so badly. Poor thing. We're on her side. We want to straighten things out.

Tea Party groups are suing and settlements are being paid. Lerner had to testify in those cases and now she wants what transpired in those cases closed to public view forever.

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“The voluminous record of harassment and physical threats to Mss. Lerner and Paz and their families during the pendency of this litigation provides a compelling reason to seal the materials,” the women’s attorneys said. 

They particularly blamed Mark Meckler, a tea party leader whose organization helped fund the class-action lawsuit, saying he helped stoke the threats against them by calling IRS agents “criminal thugs.”

But, but, but, now is the chance to clear the air. What could possibly be so damaging to exceed the abuse Poor Mrs. Lerner already suffered, all those death threats, from all those irrational, illogical, cannot-even-be-spoken-to enraged people out for blood and ready to hang her and her husband and her children and her grandchildren and her brothers and sisters, and her nephews and nieces and cousins and grandparents and, and, and everybody who had anything to do with what happened, accidentally, way back then? Huh?

No. Let's have it. Let's see what transpired. So that we are properly informed and so that we can take proper corrective action. What is this anyway, North Korea?

Help a brother out. Tell me where I'm wrong.

More words at Jammie Wearing Fool.

(For the longest time I read that as Jamie wearing fool and couldn't make sense of it until finally I got it. Oh. Pajamas!)