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ck4829

(35,078 posts)
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 07:18 AM Aug 2020

Donald Trump in 2016: "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?"

The tech specialist, Bryan Pagliano, was deposed as part of a lawsuit brought by the conservative group Judicial Watch.

"125 times - thats how many times @HillaryClinton IT guy invoked the 5th to cover up her server scandal," White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer tweeted in June.

Then-candidate Trump suggested that the aide's taking the Fifth implied guilt and he drew comparisons to the mafia.

“The mob takes the Fifth Amendment," Trump said at a rally in Iowa in September 2016. "If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/flynn-year-highlighted-clinton-aides-pleading-5th-amendment/story?id=47561117


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Donald Trump's son takes the Fifth Amendment

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Donald Trump in 2016: "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" (Original Post) ck4829 Aug 2020 OP
was he directing that at onethatcares Aug 2020 #1
This will be fun to watch Gothmog Aug 2020 #2
Where are the tax returns? dalton99a Aug 2020 #3

onethatcares

(16,177 posts)
1. was he directing that at
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 07:27 AM
Aug 2020

rick scott aka pricksnott of medicaid fraud fame?

I often wondered why he didn't go there.

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