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GSA administrator pleads 5th on first day of House hearing

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    Jeff Neely declines to answer any questions

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Fox News alert take a look at this as one of the top figures in the current GSA spending scandal you know that government agencies -- three overseeing the federal buildings in the contracts and so on.

Spent million bucks.

Almost on a conference your dime for its workers out in biggest.

Anyway they're having hearings on in congress today and one of -- key guys who helped organize it is going up before congress Jeff nearly.

Well he officially pleaded the fifth.

Just about fifteen minutes ago is today's hearing got under way the very first of four separate hearings that were set up to investigate how this agency -- more than 800000 dollars.

On this big lavish conference for just 300 people -- -- Nearly again the guy who organized the meeting listening -- that.

Mr.

chairman on the advice of counsel I respectfully decline to answer based upon my Fifth Amendment constitutional privilege.

-- Did you attend the 2010.

Western regional conference in Las Vegas.

Mr.

chairman on the advice of my counsel I respectfully decline to answer based upon my Fifth Amendment constitutional privilege.

Mr.

-- did you approve the funding for the 2010 western regional conference.

Mr.

chairman on the advice of my counsel I respectfully decline to answer based upon my Fifth Amendment constitutional privilege just a few more.

-- -- -- Was the original what was the original budget for that conference.

Mr.

chairman on the advice of my counsel I respectfully decline to answer based upon my Fifth Amendment constitutional privilege.

On you can plead the Fifth Amendment as is his right but of course all that information.

Will become publicly available assault on the documents -- -- and discoverable.

And so we will find out the answers to those questions.

After the exchange you saw their committee -- -- -- asked to meet with mr.

nearly and his lawyer in private it is unusual to hear somebody say the fifth in response to where you there.

Anyway.

More on that --

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