Former U.S. State Department IT specialist Bryan Pagliano
on Wednesday invoked his Fifth Amendment rights more than 125 times
during private deposition with conservative watchdog Judicial Watch, Fox
News reported.
Pagliano spoke mostly from an index card, reading the same crafted statement each time, a
source told Fox News.
His deposition was originally scheduled for two weeks ago, but
postponed when his lawyers notified the court that Pagliano would be
pleading the Fifth.
The
move was made
partly due to the federal government granting the former State
Department employee limited immunity in its ongoing probe into whether
classified information was mishandled.
"It was a sad day for government transparency," a Judicial Watch official said.
Judicial Watch has repeatedly filed lawsuits over Clinton's
use of a private email while she was secretary of state. Two depositions
have been granted so far, with the possibility of a third to be
determined after the outcomes of interviews of Clinton's longtime deputy
Huma Abedin and former undersecretary for management,
Patrick Kennedy.
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