Riot Committee: Eastman Pleaded The Fifth 100 Times

NBC News reports:

The House Select Committee aired footage showing a deposition with Eastman, who repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right in response to questions.

When asked whether he had told Trump that then-Vice President Pence could move to reject electors from seven states, Eastman replied with one word: “Fifth.”

“Dr. Eastman pled the Fifth a hundred times,” Rep. Pete Aguilar said at the conclusion of the deposition footage.

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Eastman pleading the fifth pic.twitter.com/C7oHlPOnQn

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 16, 2022

John Eastman pleaded the Fifth Amendment 100 times in his testimony to the January 6 committee. pic.twitter.com/xDBjndswiW

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 16, 2022

In December, Eastman revealed he was pleading the 5th to the select committee. But a few weeks later, the committee would subpoen Chapman University, Eastman’s former employer, for 90,000 pages of emails Eastman sent between Nov. 3 and Jan. 20, 2021.https://t.co/qkuMU05UZI

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 16, 2022