Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

I would say , that isn’t going well for clark.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Did he invoke the 5th as many times as Lois Lerner??

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

So your saying all these were guilty too??
And do you also understand despite the negative implications of taking the Fifth, the US Supreme Court has long regarded the right against self-incrimination as a venerable part of the Constitution and tried to ensure that a witness’ silence not be equated with guilt?? In a 2001 decision, the justices reiterated that the Fifth Amendment covers people irrespective of guilt or innocence, emphasizing that one of the Fifth Amendment’s “basic functions” is to protect “innocent” people “who otherwise might be ensnared by ambiguous circumstances.” Criminal defense lawyers warn that witnesses may fall into a prosecutorial trap and produce incriminating answers?? ?ok, never mind about that ~~~

Without further ado, here are five famous moments in Obama administration t***sparency. Five times witnesses were so knee-deep in scandal that the only choice they had in avoiding the appearance of illegality was by completely covering up the t***h.

VA official, John Sepulveda, spent large amounts of taxpayer money on a pair of extravagant conferences, resigned, and then spent the majority of a hearing looking into his actions saying “On the advice of my counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based on my fifth Amendment constitutional privilege.”
Fast and Furious – remember the scandal that started it all? Patrick Cunningham, the chief of the criminal division of the U.S. attorney’s office in Arizona, invoked the fifth regarding his role in the operation that sent more than 2,000 guns across the border to dangerous drug cartels. Those guns were found at the scene of Brian Terry’s murder.
While not technically administration officials, Solyndra executives were so intertwined in Obama’s stimulus boondoggle that it felt as such. Naturally, when Congress wanted answers on why the solar company was awarded a $535 million loan guarantee through the stimulus, they invoked the fifth Amendment.
Greg Rosemen, a Deputy IRS Director, pleaded the fifth after awarding the largest contract in IRS history to a company owned by a close friend.
And of course, probably the most famous effort at pleading the fifth, was Lois Lerner, who repeatedly asserted her right not to testify regarding the scandal that her agency, the IRS, targeted conservative groups and withheld or prolonged their applications for tax-exempt status.

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/pleading-the-fifth-five-times-obama-officials-avoided-testifying-during-a-scandal/

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

How about some more??
GSA Scandal

One of the officials involved in an $823,000 General Services Administration event in Las Vegas refused to testify in front of the House Oversight Committee in April 2012. Jeff Neely, the regional commissioner who was in charge of the event, also invoked his rights to the House T***sportation and Infrastructure Committee. The investigation into the GSA found widespread abuse of taxpayer money, which brought down several top officials at the agency.


Fast and Furious

Patrick Cunningham, the chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona, invoked his right and refused to appear before the House Oversight Committee in January 2012 in connection to the Fast and Furious scandal. This investigation centered on an operation gone wrong, where U.S. officials sent more than 2,000 guns to a Mexican drug cartel — weapons that were later found at the site of the murder of a U.S. border agent. Cunningham's lawyers said he was innocent of any wrongdoing, despite his invoking the Fifth Amendment.

Solyndra

Executives of a green-energy company called Solyndra that went bankrupt despite heavy federal funding pleaded the Fifth and refused to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in September 2011. Officials said they could not provide proper answers because of an ongoing investigation. Rep. Fred Upton, the chairman of the committee, asked who Solyndra was "trying to protect and what are they trying to hide" by not testifying. The company recede nearly $530 million from taxpayers, and Republicans cited it as a reason the federal government should not fund green-energy initiatives.

U.S. Attorney Firings

Monica Goodling, an aide to then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who served under George W. Bush, invoked her rights and refused to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2007 about the administration's firing of eight U.S. attorneys for their political leanings. "The hostile and questionable environment in the present congressional proceedings is at best ambiguous; more accurately, the environment can be described as legally perilous for Ms. Goodling," her lawyer said in a letter. "The potential for legal jeopardy for Ms. Goodling, even from her most t***hful and accurate testimony, under these circumstances is very real."

Baseball Doping

One of the greatest home-run hitters of all time, Mark McGwire, refused to testify before the House Government Reform Committee in March 2005, during a hearing on the use of steroids in baseball. "I'm not going to go into the past or talk about my past," he said at the time. McGuire later admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs.

Enron

Former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay asserted his rights before the Senate Commerce Committee in February 2002, declining to answer questions about the energy company's bankruptcy that was recognized as one of the largest in American history, because of company executives' practice of hiding profit losses and debt. Lay was eventually found guilty of several federal charges, but he died before he could serve his eventual sentence.

Lincoln Savings and Loan

While before the House Banking Committee in November 1989, Charles Keating, the former owner of Lincoln Savings and Loan, invoked his rights and refused to answer questions during a hearing on one of the largest failures of a savings institution. Committee members accused Keating of successfully delaying the closing of the company for two years. The federal government took over the company, costing U.S. taxpayers $2 billion.

Iran-Contra Affair

In the midst of a congressional investigation into whether the U.S. used weapons sales to Iran to funnel profits to rebel groups in Nicaragua, Lt. Col. Oliver North and National Security Adviser John Poindexter invoked their Fifth Amendment rights, originally refusing to testify before the Senate committees leading the investigation in 1986. North would later testify before a joint congressional committee, where he admitted to lying about the controversy..

Need more??? There are plenty..

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/05/10-times-the-fifth-amendment-has-been-used-before-congress/438195/

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Keep it coming! These hypocrites have very short memories!!!

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

I don’t think it is short memories here but rather sweep it under the rug and it never existed right?

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Just like all Trump h**ers and l*****ts.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Yes, Sir!!!