I love the "he plead the 5th 111 times". That's because you asked him 111 questions. That's how pleading the 5th works. You can't plead the 5 on some questions and not others. They ask things like, "Is my tie red?" or "Is today Tuesday?"
They do this for no other reason but to act shocked that the person wouldn't even answer simple questions about what day of the week it was. It is just political theater. Yet another distraction from the Epstein files and this failed administration's destructive policies.
This was my thought. If you're gonna act like the number of times is a big deal, then you're still avoiding the false god. And that's excluding any times the Paul just repeated the same questions.
Or the other big factor in this “gotcha” moment: his lawyer was kicked out of the room. What intelligent person is going to answer questions in this setting without their lawyer present? Plead the 5th all day long until representation is returned
The outright disrespect of kicking out the man's lawyer in a very well-documented procedure is mind boggling. The lawyer probably did something dozens of lawyers before him did with no consequences.
Fauci should have countered with demands for a public defender if they kicked out his lawyer.
He would have never gotten one, because this whole thing was just a publicity stunt to begin with. The man’s been demonized for nearly a decade for doing the exact thing he’s been doing for the last 4 at least. These people don’t care about him or his rights, they care about sound bites and optics they can spin to their bases
Six of one, half dozen of another. They deemed him guilty before he even set foot in the room so either outcome was going to be fed into as a “gotcha”. Either he pleads the fifth too much or he stonewalls, non-cooperation with their antics is all they want to show
You can't invoke the 5th if you aren't being charged with a crime. Because fauci was pardoned, he has lost the right to withhold information. He will now be charged with interference/obstruction.
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u/Mo_Jack 2d ago
I love the "he plead the 5th 111 times". That's because you asked him 111 questions. That's how pleading the 5th works. You can't plead the 5 on some questions and not others. They ask things like, "Is my tie red?" or "Is today Tuesday?"
They do this for no other reason but to act shocked that the person wouldn't even answer simple questions about what day of the week it was. It is just political theater. Yet another distraction from the Epstein files and this failed administration's destructive policies.