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Gonzales aide to invoke Fifth Amendment<\/strong><\/a> –Goodling will refuse to answer Senate questions on fired U.S. attorneys <\/strong>26 Mar 2007 Monica Goodling, a Justice Department official involved in the firings of federal prosecutors, will refuse to answer questions at upcoming Senate hearings, citing Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, her lawyer said Monday. <\/font><\/p>\n

hat tip to Citizens for Limited Government<\/a><\/strong>. <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gonzales aide to invoke Fifth Amendment –Goodling will refuse to answer Senate questions on fired U.S. attorneys 26 Mar 2007 Monica Goodling, a Justice Department official involved in the firings of federal prosecutors, will refuse to answer questions at upcoming Senate hearings, citing Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, her lawyer said Monday. hat tip to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-bovard"],"yoast_head":"\nFinally! 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