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kpete

(71,986 posts) Mon May 22, 2017, 10:58 AM May 2017

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Trump: "If youre innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?"

Link to tweet

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/334518-flynn-to-decline-senate-subpoena-invoke-fifth-amendment-report

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Trump: "If youre innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" (Original Post) kpete May 2017 OP

Yeah, Mr. Transparency dalton99a May 2017 #1

Perfect Me. May 2017 #2

Trump is like Hallmark. There's a former tweet for every occasion underpants May 2017 #3

The best Hallmark ever. dalton99a May 2017 #5

the mob burnbaby May 2017 #4

Classic GallopingGhost May 2017 #6

He doesn't really care. Caliman73 May 2017 #7

They all live in their own GallopingGhost May 2017 #9

IMO, it's bit dishonest to insinuate pleading the fifth equates to being presumptivy guilty. JoeStuckInOH May 2017 #8

dalton99a

(81,475 posts)

1. Yeah, Mr. Transparency

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 22, 2017, 11:01 AM

May 2017

Me.

(35,454 posts)

2. Perfect

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 22, 2017, 11:01 AM

May 2017

underpants

(182,788 posts)

3. Trump is like Hallmark. There's a former tweet for every occasion

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 22, 2017, 11:07 AM

May 2017

Something I read over the weekend.

dalton99a

(81,475 posts)

5. The best Hallmark ever.

Reply to underpants (Reply #3)

Mon May 22, 2017, 11:08 AM

May 2017

burnbaby

(685 posts)

4. the mob

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 22, 2017, 11:08 AM

May 2017

what mob?

GallopingGhost

(2,404 posts)

6. Classic

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 22, 2017, 11:47 AM

May 2017

Yeah. Why, Mike?

Bet Trump never realized words could be such ass-biters in politics.

Caliman73

(11,736 posts)

7. He doesn't really care.

Reply to GallopingGhost (Reply #6)

Mon May 22, 2017, 11:57 AM

May 2017

Nor will he admit to the hypocrisy. To him every single interaction appears to be unique and whatever outcome favors him, is the correct outcome. I would venture to call it delusional. Unfortunately, his supporters are in the folies a deux with him.

GallopingGhost

(2,404 posts)

9. They all live in their own

Reply to Caliman73 (Reply #7)

Mon May 22, 2017, 04:45 PM

May 2017

little racist ignorant reality.

JoeStuckInOH

(544 posts)

8. IMO, it's bit dishonest to insinuate pleading the fifth equates to being presumptivy guilty.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 22, 2017, 12:08 PM

May 2017

Not saying Flynn is in in anyway innocent... but I really don't like people getting beat up for pleading the fifth. Also, at best this is a delay tactic in the Flynn/Trump situation. Too many people involved for "The Fifth" to sweep this under the rug.

Here are a few great youtube videos from a law professor about the Fifth Amendment:

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