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After asserting his Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination 21 times in a row during his testimony before the Jan. 6 committee, John Eastman, former outside legal adviser to former President Donald Trump, was asked if he planned to continue invoking his right to silence.
His lawyer, Charles Burnham, piped up. “If I may,” he said, according to a transcript of the exchange, “Dr. Eastman will probably assert the Fifth in response to that question, but from my perspective as counsel the answer is yes.”
The committee then announced it was taking a 5-minute break.