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5th Amendment Republican

Joan McCarter for Daily Kos

Daily Kos Staff

Monday March 26, 2007 · 1:38 PM PDT

2007/03/26 · 13:38

Can the Bush supporters in the GOP and the apoligist punditry continue to claim there's no there there?

WASHINGTON - Monica Goodling, a Justice Department official involved in the firings of federal prosecutors, will refuse to answer questions at upcoming Senate hearings, citing Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, her lawyer said Monday.

"The potential for legal jeopardy for Ms. Goodling from even her most truthful and accurate testimony under these circumstances is very real," said the lawyer, John Dowd.

Are Republican Congress members going to be supportive of this decision by Ms. Goodling? We'll see, after all, they haven't always been to keen on pleading the fifth.

In a round of testimony by FBI Director Louis Freeh before Congress, Rep. Dan Burton asked:

"Mr. Freeh, over 65 people have invoked the 5th Amendment or fled the country in the course of the Committee's investigation. Have you ever experienced so many unavailable witnesses in any matter in which you've prosecuted or in which you've been involved?"

Freeh responded: "Actually, I have."

Burton asked: "You have? Give me, give me a rundown on that real quickly."

Freeh: "I spent about 16 years doing organized crime cases in New York City..."

Ah, Republicans. EZ writer has more.

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