Lawyer who hatched a plan to throw the 2020 election to Trump pleads the 5th in Congress' Capitol riot probe (msn.com)
- A Trump-aligned lawyer invoked his 5th Amendment rights in response to a Jan. 6 committee subpoena.
- John Eastman's attorney sent a letter to the committee saying he "hereby asserts his Fifth Amendment right not to be a witness against himself."
- Eastman is the second witness who took or plans to take the 5th Amendment related to the Capitol riot probe.