GSA Official Breaks Into a Literal Run to Escape Reporters After Pleading the Fifth During Hearing
- Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:20pm by
Erica Ritz
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Jeffrey Neely, a GSA official who allegedly helped spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a lavish “training conference” in Las Vegas in 2010, was caught by Fox cameras literally running away from reporters after leaving his hearing Monday.
To each of the questions he was asked by a reporter, Neely responded “no comment,” which, Business Insider notes, is almost identical to how he responded to questions during the trial.
To each of Rep. Darrell Issa’s inquiries, Neely reportedly said: “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my fifth amendment constitutional privilege.”
Finally, Issa remarked that he was “uniquely positioned to help the committee understand,” and, “To that end I must consider again to ask you to answer the questions.”
Neely declined, continuing to plead the fifth.
It hasn’t been a great day for Neely, as photos of him sipping what appears to be wine in a luxurious “spa bathtub” at the training conference were leaked, coinciding with the trial.
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Cagey1
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:52pmHe invoked his 5th amendment privilege. LOOK!! one and all!!! to the changing of the conversation that Michelle Obama spoke of near 4 years ago…. The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution is A RIGHT!!!!
Report Post »DO NOT LET THESE DESPOTIC EN SLAVERS get away with changing the conversation. Beware and Be vigilant. Know your rights, know the true history of the this Nation. Individualism is FREEDOM! Collectivism is ENSLAVEMENT.
AZindependent
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:17pmJust like the old mafiosos!! Looks like they finally found a new criminal family, of course the Congressmen could also look in the mirrors, too.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:22pmHuh?
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 9:01pmI don‘t know why he didn’t make a deal with Obama first and get on the preidents pardon list. If he had he could have told Issa to kiss o-shiner. I understand that Biden and Obama are on page 4.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 9:50pm5th amendment from OUR GOVERNMENT officials!!!!!!!!
Does anyone understand the implications of a GOVERNMENT official THAT REFUSES to testify under oath for work done UNDER employment of his EMPLOYER?
This “IS” contrition! This PIG “IS” a treasonous swine. He should be strung up TONIGHT!
Report Post »Marci
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 10:11pmWhat are you smoking Cagey? Sure, he can invoke the 5th, but it doesn’t help when the proof is on video. Welcome to the Corruptocracy. They will get away with what we continue to let them get away with….
Report Post »BlenGeck
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 10:26pmHe’s a coward who stole our money. Piece of crap!
Report Post »zoose
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 10:43pmHe has that right, but he still can be tried and convicted.
Report Post »TheCoffinMaker
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:00pm…there them be some nasty bastards
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 1:40amWe have the best government money can buy
Report Post »TheePolitinator
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 7:39amYes the Constitution is only revered by these criminals when it covers their asses
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 9:01amGovernment employee should not have 5th amendment right when the questioning is about government agencies that are under their leadership. The 5th amendment is design to protect the privates citizen from being force to self incriminate by the government. Not to protect the government from self incriminating to the people.
Further more it courts can just imply since this POS won’t answer question that whatever he refuses to respond to is an admission of guilt.
This is yet another example of why the new revolution is necessary.
Report Post »MORE TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
turkey13
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 10:34am“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.” P. J. O’Rourke
“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.” Milton Friedman
Report Post »FlamingFartSyndrome
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 10:46amYa… rights… Kind of how he spent our money on lavish goods for himself aka stealing tax payer money… in the beginning of this country people did not rush a corrupt bureaucrat with cameras, they did it with guns…
Report Post »wdittgasn
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:09pmThese GSA people are like the guy that makes a successful robbery, no way he can get caught, and goes out and buys 32 exotic cars with cash.
Report Post »AZRACISTBIGOT
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 4:25pmProbably to this guy’s way of thinking, it didn’t count as wasting the tax payers money since the Gubment borrowed the money from the Chinese.
Report Post »dadsrootbeer
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:39pmAnd Obammy and his fellow progressives want to keep expanding government since they do such a great job. This is one of the many reasons why our forefathers wanted to keep the size of government small. But pay no mind to the great wisdom of the people who started our country.
Report Post »In a Bunker
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:48pmThis guy should lose his pension and go to jail. Throw the bum the book!
Report Post »In a Bunker
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:49pmThis guy should lose his pension and be locked up! Throw the bum the book!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:15pmI watched the hearing on C-Span today. Even the Democrats were giving them a rough time. However, the Republicans chewed them a new one… big time! I hope this isn’t just a show and Congress really plans to do something about this; including jail time and lost pensions.
Report Post »Kevin The Elder
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 9:37pmYou’re right Dadsrootbeer, but with each new revelation of incompetency of Government, we never hear our own Senators and Congressmen take any action to REDUCE this monstrosity. For example, the GSA has over 12,000 employees. Why aren’t our representatives currently in the process of reducing the funds allotted to this agency by half? Why aren’t they looking to close down the Dept of Education and other such useless agencies or at least to de-fund them completely?
Hearings are a game, meant to distract us. We already know the problem! Too much government. Let’s vote them all out until we get some who will start the process.
I initially appreciated a lot of the freshman class in congress, but I don’t see any of them proposing any of these things; sadly they too seem to be getting caught up in the minutia.
May I suggest that on Wednesday, Nov 7th, 2012, the day after the Republican candidate wins the Presidential Election, that any elected Congressman or Senator who is truly for smaller government, announce their intention to initiate the beginnings of a third party, effective February 1, 2012, unless the new President immediately blah blah blah and that their Party begin certain things, all with the intent to drastically reduce government?
Report Post »cuinsong
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:08pmAnd the lib’s wonder why things are so bad? There is so much waste in gov. that we could probably balance the budget by cleaning up the mess! But politicians talk about reform but nothing ever gets changed as this song says “What’s Wrong With This Song” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9134749
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 6:16amAsuming a Repub does win the WH in Nov….then what? Smaller gov. will only come from extreme pressure exerted on Congressmen and Senators to eliminate,say, the DOE, EPA, etc, etc. Also, we need to end involvement in the UN and smash the its “small arms ban” initiative. Hillary has agreed in principle with this overstepping of our Constitutional right “to keep and bear”. This is treasonous on her part.
Report Post »There will have to be a movement SOOO huge, so demanding, so unyielding, that Washington will have to act on cutting its appetite for more and more money.
“We The People” have to say…..“no more” to tactics of the radical left, and that means the racist Black movement which once again showed their hatred in the G. Zimmerman incident. You are allowing ‘mob rule’ in America. That is what “democracy” is, my friends. Mob rule (democracy) is derived from a greek word.
If this dictator is re-elected we will have massive violence. Martial law is probable. Guns will be confiscated, but heck, its to make everyone equal, right? Everyone will have the same. Utopia!
AmazingGrace8
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 12:46pm@kevin
I like all your points. The 3rd party sounds interesting but I don’t think it is necessary because voters/taxpayers are having REAL conversations and the democrat party is 95% liberal & the republicans are a mixed bag of “what day it is” & speak the language of free-market so they can get re-elected. The republicans are not finished..they are being REMINDED the “little-people-are-watching“ and ”you better do right by us”. If the country votes for Pres.Obama & his policies, well we are done for as a nation of the people & for the people. End of story.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:34pmTake the fifth in a hearing such as this and basically admit your guilt. Look for charges soon.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 11:16pmDarrell Issa said the only way to remove him is “when” the indictment is tried and he is convicted. By Issa using the word “when” it sounds like it is inevitable. We all owe Mr. Issa a debt of gratitude for all of the cases he is dealing with. He is busier than a one armed paper hanger. Let’s not forget that Fast & Furious scandal.
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:10pmTake the 5th & go home & drink a 5th…Fox news 1:05 p.m. 4/17…..bad hangover so couldn’t make the hearing today…Sounds like a funeral when they said, “he is not with us today”.
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:33pmPut them in the city square and give them 50 lashes.
Report Post »fishandpoi
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:25pmYou are rigth but, let that happen before the taxes for the rich goes up. If not, it will be 60 lashes :O at least ;)
Report Post »skiz
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 11:35amAgreed! If, like in the old days, crooks like this would be put in a “stock” in the town square and given 50 lashes and left there for 2 or 3 days, bread and water only. This crap would stop. If we were to get serious about stopping corruption in our government and crime with our citizens this is how to do it. Cruel and unusual punishment, maybe a bit, but the $hiot would stop! Dont want the punishment, dont do the crime. We treat criminals like little pampered babies these days. It is the fault of our society that we are in the mess our country is in. Progressives have seen to it and we sit by and make nice so no one in offended and no one gets their feelings hurt. It is PATHETIC!
Report Post »SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!
wdittgasn
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 3:18pmYeah, It would definitely save us money by not going through costly trials.
Report Post »republic2011
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:31pmI would actually like to Waterboard these bastards. Misuse of public funds should be a treasonous offense. yeah… financial terrorism. Then we could water board them all!!! Think about it.
Report Post »Kisses6350
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 7:46amIs waterboarding legal? ***Smirks***
Report Post »chips1
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:31pmNow that we have all of the crooks in a nice package by electing them, let’s have the trial!!!!
Report Post »Santafeconservative
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:27pmWhy did he keep calling the Fifth a “privilege?” Isn’t it a right? (Not that I approve of what he did, but I’m more concerned with a trend in the direction of calling the Bill of Rights “privileges.”)
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:23pmI think I missed Spike’s tweeting that address.
Report Post »LookingforJustice
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 8:15amBRILLIANT…hahaha
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:23pmHe needed to get to the next video shoot. Where they are in a Colombian brothel singing how good it is to work for the government.
Report Post »tmplarnite
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:21pmDirtbags…O’Vomit Dirtbags!
Report Post »rawmilker
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 12:02amMake an example out of him…burn him, no pension, strip his assests…then on to his cronies that helped with the wanton spending…
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:17pmShame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shame for your family, Shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shame for to your country!
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:16pmThey ALL should be FIRED and No Pensions
Report Post »AverageBear
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 9:45pm….and personally reimburse the federal government (American Taxpayers) for their vacation time and be prosecuted for theft. Anyone who participated and didn’t blow the whistle is guilty.
Reduce the corruption and those tax dollars might go a bit further.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:14pmWhat a dirt bag, this pleading the fifth cr@p has got to stop,either answer the question under oath or we will make you answer the question.Btw what ever happened to truth sirum?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:33pmSo that’s the reason for stopping waterboarding. They were protecting themselves. Let’s try enemas.
Report Post »infortheride
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 1:52pm4 inch fire hose would do nicely.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:10pmWhat you are seeing here folks, is a COWARD…in the flesh. Wonder how his family feels knowing that their relative ran like a schoolyard chump…
Report Post »LetsBeSmartAboutThis
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:09pmJeffrey Neely = a cheat and a coward. Un-American too.
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:27pmI don‘t thnk I’ve been this disgusted about a story I’ve read and watching unfold on the TV. How Obama can stand by and make no comments about this outrageous event and amount of money squandered away–but then you are reminded of Solyndra and the ton of money thrown down the drain. What I see is a hugh pattern of waste and abouse of taxpayer money while he makes his stupid, idiotic comments about “the rich and wealthy”! I’m tired of being lied to it seems almost daily by Obama and his idiots serving in his administration! Wake up America and realize why our debt has ballooned under the Obama administration and it has little to do with the Bush years—IT IS OBAMA’S DISASTER AND NO ONE ELSES! Disgusting but so typical of a liberal who said he hated our Constitution—that was a hugh clue what we were going to get in a Leader which I can’t respect after this kind of garbage and waste!
Report Post »Utah Trish
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:05pmGet this…according to Wikipedia, one of the tasks assigned to the GSA is to “develop government-wide cost-minimizing policies”. Good government is an oxymoron.
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:03pmThis is the man behind it all directly tied to Barry.
Oh look another tie University of California at Berkeley
http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/103718
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:24pmUniversity of California at Berkeley What do they teach there ?
Report Post »Is everyone from there a corrupt Communist ?
They all seem to be Barry’s advisors.
BlackCrow
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:02pmAfter hearing this on the 6 o’clock news in conjunction with the Secret Service prostitution scandal I was reminded of a lecture I sat through in NCO Leadership Academy many years ago. The lecture dealt with how leadership sets the tone for an entire organization. When the leader of the government has done nothing but blame others for his failings how would it not be expected that style of leadership not permeate the entire organization? The question is just how deeply ingrained has this become and how long will it take to correct the problem? Is RINO Romney up to the job?
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:25pmI actually think most of the Loony Tunes characters from days gone by would do a better job than Barry. Even though Mitt isn’t my first choice, I will feel better holding my nose and voting for him than I did for McCain. And I do think Mitt is up to it.
Report Post »Dde13
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:01pmThey want to raise taxes!!!!!!! For what? They are Criminal’s….
Report Post »KeithOlberdink
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:53pmThere will be no “taking back America”. The parasite class is too big. USA will go the way of USSR, probably much more violently.
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:24pmHave heart… just say yes we can
NO is not an option
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:52pmThe media is twisting this so as to say obama is ferreting these scoundrels out and that he is the gov’t waste cutter. I noticed they had nothing to say about obama’s proposed budget getting voted down 100-0 & 435-0 in congress But OH a million bucks ; and he is upset! ( that was his wife’s vacation spending money).
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:51pmWatching that video, suddenly Pink Floyd’s “You better Run” from the Wall popped in my head.
Report Post »KusoJiJi
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:42pmI know these guys. They are treated like royalty within government. Their huge paychecks are only dwarfed by the perks they entitle themselves to. Meanwhile the rest us bust our azzes off working into mid April to pay our tax liabilities. No amount of new taxes are going to prevent the government from misappropriating and overspending taxpayer dollars.
Report Post »ScienceIsNotEvil
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:36pmFunny to hear Beck tell it the entire news media is in league with Obama…So why did this person run away?
Report Post »HumbleMan
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:55pmSimple, he’s running from the truth. Perhaps he knows he’s been caught and even the “Pravda USA” news channels will throw him under the bus, just for appearances.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:56pmUMMM so the media would have NOTHING NEGATIVE to report on this GUILTY person?? Just like pleading the 5th, as ALL Obama criminals do, right? What a JOKE! They HATE the “outdated” constitution UNTIL they need it’s “protection.”
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:28pmThey do eat their own you know toss him under the Buss and pretend he is not one of them soooo typical
Report Post »AverageBear
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 9:48pmTo have any credibility whatsoever, the regime and the media need to jump on a scapegoat when they get too public. This dude was just running to avoid getting run over by the bus that he’s been thrown under.
Report Post »Tankertony
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 12:38amYou’re wrong, only about 80% of the media serve as obummers propaganda machine. This pathetic joke of a man is running from the 20% who would ask the tough questions. You know, to get to the Truth.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:33pm“Oh, yes, they call him the Streak
Report Post »Boogity, Boogity
Fastest thing on two feet
Boogity, Boogity
He’s just as proud as he can be…”
Phreqguru
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:46pmProud and making his family even more proud!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:32pmI think it is time for patriots to break out the tar and feathers .. these little weasels need to be made an example of … obviously nothing is going to happen to him .. he hasn’t even been fired yet!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:48pmNo! The ropes and the pick-up trucks
Report Post »JayCee
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:52pmStill drawing $179,000 salary and he was given a $9,000 bonus.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:56pmLOL .. I was being nice .. how about a rail .to run them out of town on .. you know they won’t be FIRED .. they will get a lateral move and not even lose any pay or benefits .. disgusting POS!
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:31pmI agree we need to get these people aired out and embarrassed the thing is we need to get them all not just the few then they will start taking note and think twice about pilfering our hard earned cash.
Report Post »gsp9993
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 6:41amOr an old fashioned street stoning.
As long as these perverts go undisciplined
They will continue to steal as much as they can.
Who really thinks that these thefts only happen in the GSA?
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