GOP Senator Claims ‘No Honest Person Pleads the Fifth’ After Fauci Hearing — Gets Immediately Reminded of Trump’s Own History
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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) claimed “no honest person pleads the Fifth” after Dr. Anthony Fauci’s hearing. He was promptly reminded that President Donald Trump has done the same.
Hawley was part of the committee that questioned Fauci on his Covid-19 guidance Wednesday. Throughout the hearing, Fauci repeatedly declined to answer questions by pleading the Fifth Amendment. Hawley began his line of questioning by answer Fauci a set of basic questions about what he was wearing and the room they were in. Still, Fauci refused to answer.
Later that day, Hawley posted a clip of his exchange with the former Chief Medical Advisor to the President on X/Twitter. He then declared that “no honest person pleads the Fifth.”
Critics of Hawley were quick to point out that Trump has used a similar strategy in the past.
The screenshots included in the above response were all referring to 2022 deposition involving Trump and New York Attorney General Letitia James. At the time, James and State of New York were looking into potential fraud within Trump’s businesses. Trump, as the screenshots indicated, pleaded the Fifth more than 400 times and called James “a renegade and out of control prosecutor.” Trump also claimed the investigation into his business was “the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country.”
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