Fifth Amendment Invoked To The Point Of 'Unintentional Hilarity' By Jan. 6 Witnesses - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Rachel Maddow points out that in a batch of 34 transcripts of interviews released by the January 6th Committee, interviewees invoked their Fifth Amendment rights so frequently that they refused to answer even the most basic, benign questions. - Aired on 12/21/2022.

[LakeArenal]

1. I think you can't pick and choose which questions you'll answer.

Once on the Fifth you gotta ride that.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Apparently Alex Jones couldn't spell his name.

So I guess you're right...

[RussBLib]

3. are you a human?

5th

[Rhiannon12866]

4. That must have been Michael Flynn

[Aussie105]

5. See? Bugsy said . . .

as we cased the joint the day before while planning the heist.

You got nothing to worry about, he said, if we get caught, we just stay quiet and plead the fifth.

So there you are your Judgeship, that's how it went down, and you got nothing on us.
Those witnesses are lying, and the videotape was doctored.

So you have to let us go, right?

Pleading the 5th is just a way of saying . . . yeah we done it, but not telling.

[werdna]

6. In this context I believe "I take the fifth" translates to -

- "I dare you to prosecute me".