Lois Lerner Runs to Neighbor’s Home to Avoid Conservative Activist’s Questions

‘I just want to come in for a second — can I go in the garage?’

Lois Lerner Seeks Refuge in Neighbor’s Home to Avoid Conservative Activist’s Questions (Mediaite)

Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner must have received extensive media training — namely on how to avoid speaking to the press — prior to her scandalous resignation last year.

Conservative activist and author Jason Mattera made headlines earlier this year when he ambushed former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton with questions about Benghazi during a book tour stop. This week he returned with video of him chasing the ex-IRS official as she ignored questions about the 2013 scandal involving the targeting of conservative groups over their tax-exempt status.

The video, shot Sept. 29 and posted online Tuesday, shows Mattera following Lerner as she walks her dogs through the ritzy suburban Bethesda, Md., neighborhood. In an attempt to get away from him, she walks up to a neighbor’s front door and begins knocking, asking to come in and call the police.

“These guys are the press and they’re not leaving me alone,” she said. “I just want to come in for a second. Can I go in the garage?”

Her refuge-seeking was quickly rebuffed, however, as the unidentified woman inside refused her entry, explaining that she’s recently had surgery. Meanwhile, Mattera continued to pepper Lerner with questions like: “A chance to apologize, Ms. Lerner?” and “You didn’t hesitate to target conservatives, but you’re hesitating to speak. Why? You don’t like being targeted, do you?”

An elderly man, seemingly the husband of the woman inside, approached the front steps to ask, “What are you doing here?”

Lerner reiterated what she told the woman, and Mattera added: “She’s trying to get in your house, she doesn’t want to answer questions.”

“I don’t want her in the house,” the man said.

“I know you don’t,” Lerner said as she exited the lawn, patting the man on the shoulder in the process.

The video ends as Mattera follows Lerner up another driveway.

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