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Zoe Lofgren: Well, it could well be. You know, it`s worth reading what the Fifth Amendment actually says. No person shall be…

On the recordDecember 3, 2021
Well, it could well be. You know, it`s worth reading what the Fifth Amendment actually says. No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself. Well, it looks like Mr. Clark and now Mr. Eastman think that there is going to be or could well be a criminal prosecution based on their actions. So they`re in a position to know more than I am what they did. And I think it`s a very troubling and quite possibly criminal.
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of invoking the Fifth Amendment in relation to potential criminal actions by Jeffrey Clark and John Eastman.

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