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"A business does not have the right to take the fifth" - Mark Warner
The Senate Intelligence Committee is issuing two new subpoenas for information from former national security adviser and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynns companies and challenging his lawyers refusal to comply with an existing subpoena for documents detailing his contacts with Russian officials, committee leaders announced Tuesday.
A business does not have the right to take the Fifth, Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), the committees lead Democrat, told reporters as he and chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) pledged to keep all options on the table.
Burr and Warner announced they would subpoena documents from the two Flynn businesses they were aware of Flynn Intel LLC and Flynn Intel Inc., both based in Alexandria, Va.
They are also sending a letter to Flynns lawyers challenging them on whether Flynn can take the Fifth as it relates to document production, and itemizing more specifically what documents they want Flynn to furnish.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-intelligence-committee-to-consider-interim-steps-against-flynn/2017/05/23/c877f262-3fd3-11e7-adba-394ee67a7582_story.html?utm_term=.7e7dd3616c27
GReedDiamond
(5,311 posts)I thought that "corporations were people too."
So, they can take the Fifth, no?
(I hope not.)
dalton99a
(81,468 posts)the Fifth.
So if everyone in a corporation accused of a crime pleads the Fifth, then the corporation has effectively avoided incriminating itself.
GReedDiamond
(5,311 posts)...let em plead whatever they want.
Pressure must continue to be applied to these fascist assholes.
Fuck this shit.