GSA Exec Pleads the Fifth on Las Vegas Spending Scandal
By: CNN News
Updated: April 17, 2012
A government official at the center of lavish spending at a Las Vegas
conference claimed his Fifth Amendment rights against testifying at a
congressional hearing Monday, while his former boss said she mourned her
departure from public service over the controversy.
Jeff Neely, the General Services Administration official who organized the 2010 conference that cost $800,000, repeatedly refused to answer questions, saying more than five times: "I respectfully decline to answer any questions here today based on my Fifth Amendment constitutional privileges."
Rep. Darrell Issa, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, then excused Neely and proceeded with the hearing on what he described as an unacceptable waste of taxpayer money.
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