This just in from the What Did They Know and When Did They Know It Department: Two employees of a Colorado tech company took the Fifth Amendment and another refused to appear for a congressional hearing on Hillary Clinton’s email server on Tuesday.
Platte River Networks employee Paul Combetta pled the Fifth on Tuesday, refusing to testify in front of the House Oversight Committee investigating the matter. Combetta wiped Hillary Clinton’s private server and email archive with BleachBit, making it “so even God couldn’t read them.”
Another former Clinton aide ignored a subpoena and was a hearing no-show.
Nice.
“Who told you to delete the emails?” asked Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, of Paul Combetta of Platte River Networks, about Clinton’s email server. Combetta replied:
“On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer, and assert my Fifth Amendment privilege.
Combetta was reportedly given immunity by the Department of Justice during its investigation of Clinton and her emails.
Nothing to see here people. Move along. Move along.
The New York Times reported last week that Combetta was the person who used the tool called “BleachBit” to delete Clinton’s emails, even after they had been subpoenaed by the Congress.
Bill Thornton, another Platte River Networks employee, also took the Fifth Amendment.
Is it something in the water?
Another witness called for the hearing, Bryan Pagliano, ignored a subpoena and did not appear. Pagliano was given immunity in the investigation. He had taken the Fifth before other panels.
Pagliano’s absence perturbed Committee Chair Chaffetz, who pointed out what most of us learned in third grade:
“When you are served a subpoena for the United States Congress, it is not optional.”
Unless, apparently, you work or used to work for the Clintons. Chaffetz had a few other choice words for Pagliano and his evasion of a congressional subpoena:
With three witnesses refusing to cooperate, just one witness remained to take questions at the House hearing: Justin Cooper. Cooper worked for the Clintons and the Clinton Foundation. He helped to set up Clinton’s personal server.
See a pattern beginning to emerge here? It kind of goes like: What are these people trying to hide, and why?
Given the level of hemming and hawing, bobbing and weaving, lying and counter lies on the subject of Clinton’s private email server and related matters, we can only conclude that whatever said server contained must be good. Pretty darn newsworthy. Damning. Why else would Clinton and her cronies go to such extraordinary lengths to hide the contents?
By the way, what do you think would happen to your Average Joe or Josephine P. Citizen if they ignored a congressional subpoena?
Who do these Clintonistas think they are?