Let’s be fair. Regardless of what this Committee needs and deserves to know, these two men are facing possible criminal indictments, not to mention being scapegoated by the Regime and DOE. The FBI just raided their offices and carried off anything and everything that they thought pertained to the case so these two men do not even have access to their own records.
Like it or not, the 5th Amendment exists for exactly this purpose, and since neither of these men have been charged with, tried for, or convicted of any charge whatsoever, and all we know about this case for certain is what the Media has reported about it, and since there is little if any factual evidence even available at this point, these two men are entitled to plead the 5th, and would in fact be insane not to do so.
Yes but you are basing your assessment on the mere fact that the FBI is acting non biased and not for Obama.How are we to know docs were not destroyed to cover up?Fast and Furious has shown a lot of departmental corruption.
I agree with you, I would never testify before a congressional investigation hearing. Who in their right mind would. In fact, I would never testify before any investigation without the advise of an attorney.
I'm curious where this factual evidence is going to come from.
The FBI/DOJ will lock up the Solyndra files with an 'ongoing investigation' routine, the DOE is going to be covering its rear-end big time with their 'they lied to us about their financial situation' arguments and it seems unlikely that Obama will allow anyone from the WH who really knows anything to testify.
And does anyone really believe that Eric Holder is going to indict the CEO of Solyndra? Not a chance.
You make a fair point, but how could they be harmed by telling the truth(with immunity of course) Maybe that is the hang up?
See post 27 thanks InterceptPoint for saving me the typing.
“Like it or not, the 5th Amendment exists for exactly this purpose”
You missed the chapter where the execs agreed to testify if the hearing was delayed. This is all being carefully choreographed by the dims. FBI raid, take the fifth, CYA NY times article dropped day of hearings, talking points, etc.
I really don’t understand why this hearing is on a friday. After the dirty pool by the dims the Republicans should have started the hearing on a monday and called a single exec everyday for a few days. Let them take the fifth three or four days in a row!