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VIDEO: Flynn will invoke his Fifth Amendment rights
Hume: Flynn invoking the 5th amendment is a smart move
VIDEO: Brit Hume on Flynn’s refusal, Comey’s upcoming testimony
“Former national security adviser Michael Flynn plans to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and rebuff a Senate panel subpoena, Fox News confirms.
Flynn’s decision comes less than two weeks after the Senate intelligence committee issued a subpoena for Flynn’s documents as part of the panel’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election.
Sources close to Flynn emphasized that the decision is not evidence of guilt or wrongdoing.
Experts say records can be viewed as testimony and that providing them could be seen as waiving Fifth Amendment constitutional protections.
Flynn has previously sought immunity from “unfair prosecution” to cooperate with the committee.
The Senate committee is one of several congressional inquiries investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 race and possible collusion between Russia and President Trump’s 2016 campaign. Flynn is also the target of other congressional investigations as well as an ongoing FBI counterintelligence probe and a separate federal investigation in Virginia.
Former FBI director Robert Mueller was brought in last week to serve as special counsel overseeing the FBI’s Russia investigation. This is separate from the Senate committees’ work.
Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general, was fired from his position as Trump’s national security adviser in February. At the time, Trump said he fired Flynn because he misled senior administration officials, including the vice president, about his contacts with Russian officials.
Members of key congressional committees are pledging a full public airing as to why former FBI Director James Comey was ousted amid an intensifying investigation into Russia’s interference with the U.S. election.”
READ MORE: www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/22/flynn-to-invoke-fifth-amendment-rebuff-senate-panel-subpoena.html
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