Mar-a-Lago special prosecutor takes the fifth at ‘weaponized’ House committee

<p>Jay Bratt asserted constitutional right to silence before panel pursuing people involved in prosecutions of Trump</p><p>The former special counsel prosecutor Jay Bratt asserted his fifth amendment right not to answer questions during a Wednesday deposition before a Republican-led House committee looking for evidence of politicization in the prosecutions of Donald Trump, a spokesman said.</p><p>Bratt, who led the federal criminal case over Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents as a top deputy to the former special counsel Jack Smith, was invited to testify by the House judiciary committee, which is chaired by the Ohio Republican Jim Jordan, a prominent defender of the president.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/14/jay-bratt-prosecutor-trump-congress-committee">Continue reading...</a>