If the Obama administration defines itself as the "most transparent ever", one wonder what will be the term describing Hillary Clinton's potential presidency. We ask, because as Fox News reports, Brian Pagliano, the man believed to have set up and maintained the private server in the basement of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s New York home invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination more than 125 times during a deposition as part of a civil court case on Wednesday.
According to Fox, Pagliano’s sworn testimony with conservative organization Judicial Watch lasted for roughly 90 minutes, during which the IT expert repeatedly read a carefully worded statement off of an index card while refusing to answer questions. Pagliano’s deposition on Wednesday was originally scheduled to occur more than two weeks ago, but was postponed when his lawyers notified the court that the former State Department employee would be pleading the Fifth.
Which he did. Repeatedly.
As reported here previously, the IT official could have provided key information in the case, which might have resolved lingering questions about the state of Clinton’s private server, how information was preserved and the security protocols used to protect her data. However, as part of its ongoing criminal probe related to the server and the possibility that classified information was mishandled, he declined to answer questions...
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The number of times he says it isn't really relevant. He pleads the 5th to testifying. Then the lawyers keep asking him questions. But his first answer, "on the advice of legal counsel, I'm not saying anything" is the only answer he was prepared to give. He could have said it 500 times. It doesn't mean he has 500 things to conceal, only that his questioners were being paid by the hour and weren't going to let him go with only 5 minutes of billable time. I suspect he is negotiating for an immunity deal that will no depend on Hillary winning the White House. He would have to be stupid to not see that Hillery has no loyalty to anyone.
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