Invoking the Fifth Isn’t Proof; Republicans Spin 146 Silence Counts to Smear ActBlue
Election delegitimization & stolen-election narratives
GOP leaders flood social media with the raw number of times ActBlue staff invoked the Fifth, claiming it proves massive donor fraud despite offering no corroborating documents or court findings. Repeating the statistic without context weaponizes legal rights to insinuate guilt, casting a shadow over Democratic fundraising and, by extension, election legitimacy.
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GOP leaders flood social media with the raw number of times ActBlue staff invoked the Fifth, claiming it proves massive donor fraud despite offering no corroborating documents or court findings. Repeating the statistic without context weaponizes legal rights to insinuate guilt, casting a shadow over Democratic fundraising and, by extension, election legitimacy.
ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe The House Administration, Oversight, and Judiciary Committees has released a joint interim staff report on its investigation into alleged donor fraud by ActBlue. https://t.co/FQYe6YZ2kJ
@NASAJPL @NASA ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
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ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe The House Administration, Oversight, and Judiciary Committees has released a joint interim staff report on its investigation into alleged donor fraud by ActBlue. https://t.co/FQYe6YZ2kJ
@tedcruz ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
@RealJamesWoods ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
@wikileaks ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
@RealSLokhova ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
@BehizyTweets ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
@therealroseanne ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
@VivekGRamaswamy ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
@BasedMikeLee ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
@RitaPanahi ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
@ScottJenningsKY ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe | ZeroHedge https://t.co/0QpRdPTOec
@SenJohnKennedy ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
@RobertKennedyJr ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
@C__Herridge ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
@JaySekulow ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
“President Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 440 times during a four-hour civil deposition on August 10, 2022, in a New York investigation into his business practices. The deposition, part of Attorney General Letitia James’ probe, focused on alleged asset valuation inflation. “ Jim Jordan 🫵🤡
@MCaruso_Cabrera ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L
New Post: Weird: ActBlue Employees Take The Fifth 146 Times https://t.co/tiQig6gZ8j
ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe
Still not as many as Convict Trump who pleaded the Fifth over 400 times during his last deposition.
@NASAJPL @NASA ActBlue Employees Invoked Fifth Amendment 146 Times During House Probe https://t.co/NgriQch92L