LANSING, Mich. — Two Republican officials from Michigan who signed a certificate falsely claiming Donald Trump won the state's presidential election avoided answering questions from U.S. House investigators by invoking protections in the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times.
The amendment safeguards people from being compelled to serve as witnesses against themselves in criminal cases.
Kathy Berden of Snover and Mayra Rodriguez of Grosse Pointe Farms declined to tell officials with the U.S. House's Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol who asked them to gather at Michigan GOP headquarters on Dec. 14, 2020, according to interview transcripts released this week.
