By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer
30 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Monica Goodling, a Justice Department official involved in the firings of federal prosecutors, will refuse to answer questions at upcoming Senate hearings, citing Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, her lawyer said Monday.
"The potential for legal jeopardy for Ms. Goodling from even her most truthful and accurate testimony under these circumstances is very real," said the lawyer, John Dowd.
He said that members of the House and Senate Judiciary committees seem already to have made up their minds that wrongdoing has occurred in the firings.
I heard but cannot confirm yet that Kyle Sampson will also invoke the fifth amendment. I will post when this is confirmed. He's to testify on Thursday.
You know this is coming from the White House. The problem these people do not understand is that once they invoke the fifth, it doesn't matter wether they are guilty or not, people will take it as being guilty. This is definately heating up and may be the incident that causes more impeachment talk and a pressure from the people to impeach.
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