Witnesses refused testifying hearing on Clinton’s email

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Witnesses refused testifying hearing on Clinton’s email

Three witnesses ordered to testify on September 13 before a House committee investigating Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, asserted their constitutional rights against self-incrimination and did not appear or refused to answer questions.

Bryan Pagliano, the former State Department computer specialist tasked with setting up Clinton’s server, did not attend the Republican-led hearing. His attorneys said in a letter to the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee that Pagliano will continue to assert his constitutional right not to testify.

Pagliano said previously to the FBI under immunity, telling the bureau that there were no successful security breaches of the server. But he said that he was aware of many failed login attempts that he described as “brute force attacks.”

Pagliano also refused to answer questions last year before a House panel investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

Pagliano’s lawyers wrote in the September 13 letter to Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, the Oversight committee chairman, “He has never made any statement or taken any action that would constitute a waiver of his constitutional rights and there is no reason for anyone to believe he might suddenly depart from that position”.

Chaffetz said that there will be consequences for Pagliano’s refusal to appear and for “thumbing his nose at Congress.” He didn’t mentioned what the penalties would be.

The email issue has shadowed Clinton’s candidacy for president, and Republicans have been steadfast in focusing on her use of a private server for government business, with several high-profile hearings leading up to the election.

Congressional Republicans have represented Clinton as reckless with US national security by insisting on using private communications systems at potentially greater risk of being penetrated by Chinese and Russian hackers.

But Democrats insisted that the sole purpose of the hearings is to undermine Clinton’s presidential bid.

By Prakriti neogi

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Witnesses refused testifying hearing on Clinton's email

Witnesses refused testifying hearing on Clinton’s email

Mar 28, Thursday


Witnesses refused testifying hearing on Clinton’s emailTop Stories

September 14, 2016 12:31
Witnesses refused testifying hearing on Clinton’s email

Three witnesses ordered to testify on September 13 before a House committee investigating Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, asserted their constitutional rights against self-incrimination and did not appear or refused to answer questions.

Bryan Pagliano, the former State Department computer specialist tasked with setting up Clinton’s server, did not attend the Republican-led hearing. His attorneys said in a letter to the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee that Pagliano will continue to assert his constitutional right not to testify.

Pagliano said previously to the FBI under immunity, telling the bureau that there were no successful security breaches of the server. But he said that he was aware of many failed login attempts that he described as “brute force attacks.”

Pagliano also refused to answer questions last year before a House panel investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

Pagliano’s lawyers wrote in the September 13 letter to Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, the Oversight committee chairman, “He has never made any statement or taken any action that would constitute a waiver of his constitutional rights and there is no reason for anyone to believe he might suddenly depart from that position”.

Chaffetz said that there will be consequences for Pagliano’s refusal to appear and for “thumbing his nose at Congress.” He didn’t mentioned what the penalties would be.

The email issue has shadowed Clinton’s candidacy for president, and Republicans have been steadfast in focusing on her use of a private server for government business, with several high-profile hearings leading up to the election.

Congressional Republicans have represented Clinton as reckless with US national security by insisting on using private communications systems at potentially greater risk of being penetrated by Chinese and Russian hackers.

But Democrats insisted that the sole purpose of the hearings is to undermine Clinton’s presidential bid.

By Prakriti neogi

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