Michael Flynn Pleads The Fifth Before Riot Committee

March 10, 2022 Extremists, Trump cultists

President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, appeared Thursday before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and exercised his Fifth Amendment right in response to the panel’s questions, his attorney said.

The committee subpoenaed Flynn in November, requesting documents and testimony in reference to a December 18, 2020, meeting he reportedly attended with then-President Trump in the Oval Office, where seizing voting machines used in the 2020 election was allegedly discussed.

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Gen. Michael Flynn invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, declining to answer the Jan. 6 Select Committee’s questions. https://t.co/RvzB7J15OT

— Jan Wolfe (@JanNWolfe) March 10, 2022