Nation : Ex-Pierce Aide Balks at Questions : Former Pierce Top Aide Refuses to Answer ‘Substantive’ Questions
A former top assistant to one-time Housing Secretary Samuel R. Pierce Jr. cited his Fifth Amendment rights today in refusing to answer substantive questions by a congressional panel about the scandals at HUD.
Lance Wilson, once Pierce’s executive assistant, appeared under subpoena but refused to answer most questions.
That means Pierce and his two closest aides at HUD--Wilson and his successor as executive assistant, Deborah Gore Dean--have all refused to respond to questions by the House subcommittee probing allegations of influence-peddling, fraud and mismanagement at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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