A former technology aide to Hillary Clinton will invoke his Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to answer questions about his involvement in the establishment of a private email server during a deposition scheduled for Monday.
Attorneys for Bryan Pagliano, an IT specialist who worked in Clinton’s State Department, also asked the court Wednesday to prevent the conservative group conducting the deposition from recording a video of the testimony.
Pagliano’s attorneys argued in a court filing Wednesday that the former Clinton staffer was “caught up in a lawsuit with an undisputed political agenda.”
The IT aide reportedly received an immunity deal from the Justice Department in exchange for his testimony, but has otherwise refused to answer questions about Clinton’s personal server in any setting. Pagliano invoked his Fifth Amendment rights last year during an appearance before the House Select Committee on Benghazi.
Cheryl Mills, Clinton’s former chief of staff, submitted for a deposition Friday in the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch.
During the deposition, her attorneys objected to most of the questions Judicial Watch posed on the grounds that Mills’ position as Clinton’s personal lawyer prevents her from discussing details about the private server.
Mills’ legal team had also asked the court to prevent Judicial Watch from filming her testimony, a request that was granted before her transcribed interview.
