Sarah Sanders clumsily dodges difficult question about Trump, Cohen and the Fifth amendment – ThinkProgress

[ad_1] Donald Trump has a history of bashing those who plead the Fifth. At a rally in 2016 , Trump said, “The mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth?” and during a debate with former Secretary of State and then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, he called pleading the Fifth “ disgraceful .” But now, Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen has invoked the Fifth amendment, using his right not to incriminate himself to secure a temporary stay in a lawsuit filed by adult film actress Stormy Daniels against Trump.…