Dec.26

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Who Pleaded the Fifth Amendment?

Donald Trump famously once said that only criminals plead the Fifth Amendment when testifying. Well, if that is true, the Select Committee called on at least 32 criminals to testify because that is the number of people already known to have pleaded the Fifth during their testimony. Here is the (initial) list:

• Christopher Barcenas, Proud Boy and member of Miami-Dade's Republican Executive Committee
• Kathy Berden, a Republican National Committee member from Michigan
• Alexander Bruesewitz, conservative political consultant
• Patrick Casey, leader of the alt-right America First movement
• Dion Cini, founder of TrumpSwag.com and noted Trump fanatic
• Jeffrey Clark, former Trump DOJ official
• Jim DeGraffenreid, a Republican National Committee member from Nevada
• Enrique De La Torre, Stop the Steal supporter and the most mysterious man in the world
• John Eastman, former Trump attorney
• Jenna Ellis, former Trump attorney
• Nick Fuentes, white nationalist and Ye grifter
• Julie Fancelli, Publix heiress
• Bianca Gracia, founder and president of Latinos for America First (formerly Latinos for Trump)
• Alex Jones, host of far-right InfoWars webshow, famously bankrupt
• Ryan Kelley, former GOP candidate for Michigan governor
• Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning Point USA
• David Scott Kuntz, member of the anti-government group Three Percenters
• Antonio Lamatta, QAnon supporter
• Philip Luesldorff, member of fringe far-right paramilitary group 1st Amendment Praetorian
• Robert Patrick Lewis, chairman of 1st Amendment Praetorian
• Joshua Eric Macias, founder of Vets for Trump
• Shawna Martin, QAnon supporter, member of Panhandle Patriots of Idaho
• Michael J. McDonald, chairman of Nevada's Republican Party
• Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers
• Mayra Rodriguez, fake Trump 2020 elector from Michigan
• Mike Roman, Trump reelection campaign operative
• Roger Stone, Republican operative and noted Nixon fanatic
• Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys
• James Waldron, former U.S. Army colonel who spread misinformation about election fraud
• Kelli Ward, chairwoman of Arizona's Republican Party
• Garrett Ziegler, former White House aide
• Michael Flynn, Trump's former national security adviser

During a deposition in August, Trump himself took the Fifth over 400 times. In a criminal trial, the prosecution is not allowed to tell the jury that the defendant pleaded the Fifth earlier. However, in a civil trial, that information can be used against the defendant. (V)