If somebody takes the Fifth or pleads the Fifth, is that the same as an admission of guilt? No. And I can’t say that clear enough. No, it is not. It is not an admission of guilt. In fact, if it was an admission of guilt, then the Fifth Amendment and all of the protections it provides, would be relatively useless because that’s the whole point of the Fifth Amendment.
those claiming a well-planned attack, those blaming the Trump Pentagon for not taking swifter action—has an interest in being content with a low estimate, in not admitting that that 120,000 people were there to show solidarity with the president, believing that the election was indeed stolen.
GARLAND: "I will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. The men and women of the FBI and the Justice Department are dedicated, patriotic public servants."
Someone was defending the FBI saying the Secret Service escorted them in so it’s wasn’t technically a raid. I reminding them that’s exactly what Capitol Police did with the J6 protesters
Garland’s remarks come just days after federal agents spent over nine hours searching Mar-a-Lago through a warrant that dealt with presidential records and evidence of classified information being improperly stored at the resort.
The attorney general spoke for approximately four minutes and took no questions. White House officials insisted that they had no advance knowledge of Garland’s statement, with one telling NBC News: “We have had no notice that he was giving remarks and no briefing on the content of them.”
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday the Justice Department had asked a federal magistrate judge to unseal copies of the search warrant that triggered Monday’s unprecedented raid on the Florida home of former President Donald Trump. Garland also confirmed that he had “personally approved” the decision to seek a warrant, reportedly for classified documents the 45th president may have kept at Mar-a-Lago.
