Fireworks At House Hearing: Rep. Darrell Issa Cuts Mic Of Rep. Elijah Cummings

Via the New York Daily News:

Things got ugly between Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) Wednesday at a House Oversight Committee hearing on the IRS scandal. Former IRS official Lois Lerner was present to testify at the hearing, but she pleaded the Fifth and didn’t respond to questions about her leadership over the IRS division that improperly targeted Tea Party and other conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status during the 2010 and 2012 elections. Issa fired off questions but after 11 minutes of no response from Lerner, grew frustrated. “I can see no point in going further. I have no expectation that Ms. Lerner will cooperate with this committee,” he declared. As chairman of the committee, he adjourned the meeting but just as he was slamming down the gavel, Cummings spoke up to say he had a question. Issa gathered his belongings and prepared to leave the room, but Cummings insisted he be allowed to speak.

And it just got hotter from there. Watch.