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| HRC IT aide pleads Fifth, skips hearing - Platte River mugs plead Fifth, Cooper talking |
| 2016-09-13 |
| [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 |
| #6 Cooper talked and seemed to be forthcoming but he didn't know much as Pagliano was the guy who set up the Pagliano server as it's come to be called. Pagliano didn't show up. He's seems to be a lynchpin (no pun intended). Has anyone checked on the health of Mr. Pagliano. Is he wearing concrete shoes somewhere? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-09-13 19:52 |
| #5 I have contempt for congress, not of congress. They do nothing to carry out their responsibilities under the constitution. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-09-13 17:42 |
| #4 Do I recall Congress putting some journalist in jail until s/he revealed a source? |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-09-13 12:37 |
| #3 "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. But you won't actually, you know, do anything will you? Contempt of Congress? Doesn't everyone have contempt for Congress nowdays? Its become a laughingstock. A better use for the state house would be as a swine farm - it isn't as if anyone would be able to tell the difference. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-09-13 12:20 |
| #2 "He should be here. When you are served a subpoena by the United States Congress, that is not optional," he said. Well then, just do what Hillary and her posse does: Show up and give BS answers to any meaningful questions and chit-chat on the rest. |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-09-13 11:12 |
| #1 "He should be here. When you are served a subpoena by the United States Congress, that is not optional," he said. Apparently, it is. |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-09-13 11:10 |