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ItsjustMe

(11,230 posts)
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 08:27 PM Oct 2021

If Bannon, Meadows or Others Plead the 5th, What are Congress's Options? To Immunity and Beyond.

The House Select Committee investigating January 6 has subpoenaed many witnesses, including some who undoubtedly have a 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination. This video presents an overview of the 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination as it pertains to congressional testimony, from how Mike Flynn invoked it to resist a congressional subpoena for documents issued by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence as part of its investigation into Russian interference in our elections, to how it ended up impacting Oliver North's conviction in the 1980s as part of the Iran-Contra affair.

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If Bannon, Meadows or Others Plead the 5th, What are Congress's Options? To Immunity and Beyond. (Original Post) ItsjustMe Oct 2021 OP
Go git 'em Biden administration UCmeNdc Oct 2021 #1
What Was TFG's Quote On People That Take The 5th?..... global1 Oct 2021 #2
K&R UCmeNdc Oct 2021 #3
/x usaf-vet Oct 2021 #4

global1

(25,239 posts)
2. What Was TFG's Quote On People That Take The 5th?.....
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 08:48 PM
Oct 2021

I seem to recall he had some words of wisdom on people taking the 5th.

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