Saturday, October 29, 2016

U.S. Attorney General Lynch Pleads The Fifth On $1.7 Billion Payment To Iran



Daily Mail: Loretta Lynch 'pleads the fifth to avoid answering questions' on $1.7bn payments to Iran

* Sen Marco Rubio and Rep Mike Pompeo blasted Lynch in a letter Friday
* Said Attorney General had refused to answer 'straightforward' questions
* Fifth Amendment keeps people from being witnesses against themselves
* The United States paid $1.7bn to Iran as settlement for failed arms deal

Loretta Lynch is 'pleading the fifth' to dodge questions about $1.7 billion payments made by the United States to Iran, two members of Congress have claimed.

Senator Marco Rubio and Representative Mike Pompeo wrote a letter to Attorney General Lynch Friday, accusing her of refusing to answer 'straightforward questions' about the payments.

The Fifth Amendment keeps people from having to be witnesses against themselves in a criminal case. Commonly, 'pleading the fifth' means refusing to provide information that might incriminate oneself.

The United States gave $.17 billion to Iran in three different payments, the first of which, worth $400,000 was made in January.

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Update: Congress: Attorney General Lynch ‘Pleads Fifth’ on Secret Iran ‘Ransom’ Payments (Washington Free Beacon).

WNU Editor: Another story that is buried or ignored by the mainstream media.

2 comments:

Si-vis-pasen- said...

Democrats have a long history of pleading the fifth, matter of fact that is the reason why they haven't killed the bill of rights.

Unknown said...

Hillary 'pleads the fifth' every day. Then her staff try to sober her up.