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HRC IT aide pleads Fifth, skips hearing - Platte River mugs plead Fifth, Cooper talking
[The Hill] The former State Department employee who set up Hillary Clinton's private email server did not appear before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday morning, despite a subpoena to testify on the deletion of some of Clinton's emails. Bryan Pagliano exercised his Fifth Amendment right not to testify before the House Select Committee on Benghazi in 2015. He was also reportedly awarded an immunity deal during the FBI’s now-closed investigation into Clinton’s server. "It's a serious matter. Mr. Pagliano has chosen to evade a subpoena duly issued by the committee. I will consult with counsel and my colleagues to consider a full range of options available to address Mr. Pagliano’s failure to appear," Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said. "He should be here. When you are served a subpoena by the United States Congress, that is not optional," he said. Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) suggested that contempt of Congress could be an option for the Committee. A former senior advisor to President Bill Clinton and two IT specialists associated with Hillary Clinton’s email server on Tuesday morning did appear before the panel. Those three individuals were Justin Cooper, the Clinton advisor who set up the email address, and two employees of Platte River Networks, the Colorado company that maintained the server. Platte River Networks’ Bill Thornton and Paul Combetta were also subpoenaed to appear before the panel. Both exercised their Fifth Amendment right and refused to answer questions. Related: Denver Post article and background data Posted by: Besoeker 2016-09-13 |
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