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The Fifth Amendment in Congressional Investigations (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised May 26, 2017
Report Number FIFTH
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn recently invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege against selfincrimination in response to a subpoena issued by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for documents related to the Committee’s ongoing investigation into possible Russian involvement in the 2016 election. As noted in this previous Sidebar, this is neither the first, nor is it likely to be the last time that a witness in a congressional investigation invokes the Fifth Amendment as justification for not complying with a committee subpoena.