Two things: first, pleading the 5th does not say someone is guilty in a court of law. It is an important Constitutional basis to avoid self incrimination, for which prosecutors can ramrod a guilty verdict.
Second, we’re just talking about donations for political activity, right?
Report: ActBlue Employees Plead the Fifth over 100 Times During House Depositions
Current and former employees of the Democrat fundraising machine, ActBlue, reportedly pleaded the Fifth more than 100 times while testifying before several House committees.
In a press release, it was revealed that the House Judiciary Committee, House Administration Committee, and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a report titled, “Fraud on ActBlue, Part II: Illicit Foreign Donations and a Cover-up Sour Mass Resignations and Firings on ActBlue’s Legal and Compliance Team.”
The press release revealed that the “five current or former employees at ActBlue who appeared for depositions all invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination during questioning – for a total of 146 times.”
“The Committees conducted five depositions with key ActBlue fraud-prevention and legal personnel to obtain more information about the fraud-prevention failures detailed in the Committees’ first report and the cover-up detailed here,” the report says. “The employees invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in response to every single one of the Committees’ substantive questions—146 times in total. Their unwillingness to testify only amplifies the Committees’ concerns.”
In reality land, they were taking donations they shouldn’t have been taking and doing things they shouldn’t have been doing and certainly knew about it and were probably enabling it willfully.
The 120-page report explains that the three House committees “are charged with ensuring the integrity of American elections,” adding that the committees “are examining allegations that ActBlue, a leading political fundraising organization, allowed bad actors, including foreign actors, to exploit its online platform to make fraudulent political donations.”
They should offer someone amnesty and see what kind of information they will get.
It is their right to plead the Fifth; but ONLY when they are ON TRIAL; PERSONNALY; FOR A CRIME THEY HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH. The fifth DOES NOT apply in this situation. That was settled DECADES ago; by SC ruling. Why is it continuously allowed to go on?
Didn’t Mr trump plead the 5th nearly 500 times at one deposition. Perfectly legal.
Key Situations to Plead the Fifth:
Police Interrogations: You have the right to remain silent, even if you have not been read Miranda rights.
Traffic Stops: Beyond providing license and registration, you can refuse to answer questions about where you are going or where you have been.
Grand Jury Proceedings: You can refuse to answer questions or produce documents that may implicate you.
Civil Lawsuits/Depositions: If testifying could subject you to criminal charges, you can invoke the privilege.
Congressional Hearings: You can refuse to answer questions before Congress if the answers might be self-incriminating.
Could you Big Jim cite the supreme court ruling you believ settles this matter?