IRS SCANDAL UPDATE: John Boehner backs holding IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt. “Lerner set off the matter last year when she acknowledged IRS officials gave added scrutiny to conservative groups, leading President Barack Obama to fire the acting IRS commissioner and giving the agency a major black eye.”

But now we’re told it’s a “phony scandal.” Do people usually take the Fifth in phony scandals?

Related: President Obama Is Part Of The Problem In IRS Scandal. Hey, he knew about spying on the Senate oversight committee. How likely is it that he didn’t know anything here?