Ret. Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (Photo: Defense Intelligence Agency).
It will be a surprise to exactly no one that Flynn has decided to go full court coward, a common trait in military persons who try to go political. That Flynn plans to invoke the 5th, that’s hardly a shocker. Flynn has also stated he will not comply with a documents subpoena. Golly, wouldn’t it be grand if us regular folks could get away with that sort of thing? I rather doubt Flynn will be locked up until he decides to comply.
Former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn plans to ignore the subpoena issued by the Senate Intelligence Committee and will cite his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
According to an Associated Press report, Flynn plans to officially invoke the Fifth Amendment sometime on Monday.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) said last week that Flynn had not yet complied with the Senate’s subpoena, and added that he didn’t expect Flynn to agree to testify under oath.
Flynn asked for immunity from the Senate in exchange for testifying, but so far the Senate has been unwilling to grant his request.
Just because Flynn said that only guilty people would plead the 5th is not reason to think Flynn is guilty -- just look at what a liar he is.
Not only Flynn, Trump’s on record saying that, too. A fine mess.