Legal Proceedings and Fifth Amendment Rights

Let's try something.

What day of the week is it today?

On the advice of counsel,

I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.

What color tie are you wearing?

On the advice of counsel,

I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.

What color is the carpet in front of you?

On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.

Let's just get one thing straight.

You don't have any rights under the Fifth Amendment

because you've been pardoned, as you very well know.

As the Supreme Court has been clear for a century and more, Brown versus Walker, 1896,

when he has been pardoned, he may not stand upon his privilege.

You know that.

Your lawyer is sitting behind you now, shifting nervously in their chairs.

They know it.

This isn't about the Constitution.

This isn't about the law.

This is about contempt,

contempt for this body and contempt for the American people.