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Press, but he still refused to answer questions about it. now he is asserting at the 11th hour, when he was going to be held in contempt, a fifth amendment privilege. now, that fifth amendment, doesn t apply if what he s really trying to do is not protect himself from incrimination, protect donald crump trump from incrimination. in terms of how the committee will ascertain whether he s invoking that in good faith, we will have to assess that when he comes and testifies. whether he is invoking the fifth in a wholesale manner as to matters that there cannot be a factual basis. or that claim or whether he s invoking it in good faith. we take the fifth amendment very seriously, but we re going to have to assess it after his testimony. it s for the moment, assume he s invoking the fifth amendment in good faith. which is to say he s invoking it because he believes he committed a crime. doesn t that suggest that merrick garland s justice department should be all the more urgently criminally
Appreciate it. thank you, lawrence. former senator claire mccaskill has something to say about the investigations of donald trump and jeffrey clark had been up to and she will join us next. he takes robitussin naturals powered by 100% drug-free ingredients. are you gonna leaf me hanging? soothe your cough naturally. want your clothes to smell freshly washed all day without heavy perfumes? now they can! with downy light in-wash freshness boosters. just pour a capful of beads into your washing machine before each load. to give your laundry a light scent that lasts longer than detergent alone, with no heavy perfumes or dyes. finally, a light scent that lasts all day! new downy light, available in four naturally-inspired scents.
Investigating what jeffrey clark was up to and who he was up to who was with him in what he was up to? lawrence, i want to be careful about my answer to your question. i don t want to be a basis for him to make any claim at his deposition on saturday. but i will see generally that i think that the justice department ought to be investigating for example, as i ve said, the former presidents actions in trying to overturn the election in georgia. in particular, his call to secretary of state where he asked brad raffensperger to find 11,780 votes that don t exist. any effort to overturn a lawful election, as we appear to have witnesses with donald trump, ought to be investigated. i don t want to talk more specifically about mr. clark, but i will see, according to his lawyer, at the 11th hour, he s making the assertion he did not make when he appeared before our committee only weeks ago.