Given that the Fifth Amendment promises the right against "forced self-incrimination," invoking it is often perceived as an admission that there is something to hide.
William Rivers Pitt of Truthout: Anthropogenic climate change is fact, yet Scott Pruitt is dumping oil, toxic gas and coal ash on the planet while stealing from us. In other words, he is the perfect Trump cabinet secretary.
Paul Jay is CEO and senior editor of The Real News Network (TRNN). As senior editor of TRNN, Paul has overseen the production of more than 4,500 news stories and is the host of TRNN's news analysis programming. As executive producer of CBC Newsworld's independent flagship debate show "counterSpin" he produced more than 2,000 shows during its 10 years on the air. He is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with more than 20 films under his belt and was founding chair of Hot Docs!, the Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (now the largest in North America).
