Trump pleads the Fifth hundreds of times under oath this week.
“The mob takes the Fifth,” Trump said “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”
“When you have your staff taking the Fifth Amendment, taking the Fifth so they’re not prosecuted, when you have the man that set up the illegal server taking the Fifth, I think it’s disgraceful,” he said.
Trump has also, of course, said that merely being under investigation is a very bad thing. Late in 2016, he suggested a criminal investigation would handcuff the next president and hurt the country. It was to be avoided at all costs.
Most honest people I know are not under FBI investigation, let alone two.
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) November 3, 2016
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) October 29, 2016
When you're attacking FBI agents because you're under criminal investigation, you're losing