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.
J. Woodhouse is an MA student in the University of Arizona's Center for Latin American Studies. His research interests include migration, deportation, US immigration enforcement and the Mexican drug war. He has spent a lot of time in Mexico, most recently covering the growing citizens' movement against the drug war in Mexico. His work has been published in La Jornada, TheNation.com, CounterPunch, the Americas Program, Free Speech Radio News, the Missoulian, the Santiago Times and Desinformémonos.