Ex-FBI agent says Trump is invoking the 5th Amendment by not releasing his taxes

[Louis1895]

“He’s essentially invoking his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination when he won’t release his tax returns publicly. He doesn’t want us to see what’s there, not only because it’s embarrassing, but because it may be evidence of a crime,” Figliuzzi explained.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/hes-screwed-ex-fbi-agent-says-trump-is-invoking-the-5th-amendment-by-not-releasing-his-taxes/

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That is a wonderful way to view this situation. Trump does not want to incriminate himself so he is pleading "the 5th".

[grumpyduck]

1. Okay, that's fine, but

people who have a spine generally say they're taking the 5th instead of lying as to why they're not talking.

He doesn't even have the balls to admit it.

[The Magistrate]

2. There Is No Such Right In The Court Of Public Opinion, Sir

In that court, concealment is confession. In a court of law, a judge would counsel a jury to draw no such inference from silence, but the general public is no court of law.

He has already in a real sense made a legal confession, since his crime consisted in signing a document sent off to be kept on file in a government archive....

[McCamy Taylor]

3. I'm gonna try that with the IRS next April

and see what they say.