White House liaison has no right to plead Fifth: DOJ

Michael Roston, rawstory.com

House Democrats leading the investigation of the firing of eight US Attorneys are questioning the legal strategy of a top Justice Department official.

Monica Goodling, who serves as liaison to the White House, hopes to avoid providing testimony ordered through a subpoena by invoking her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

However, in a letter sent to her attorney today and acquired by RAW STORY, Reps. John Conyers (D-MI) and Linda Sánchez (D-CA) suggest that Goodling doesn’t have a basis to invoke that right, and, therefore, she shouldn’t be exempted from testifying before the House Judiciary Committee.

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