[comrade_ogilvy]

Ah. Interesting.

So the fact that the lawyers are taking the Fifth can reasonably be used as evidence that some of the specific claims and assertions already made are materially fraudulent.

Taking the Fifth in your own lawsuit must be quite startling for a judge to behold. One can imagine possible sound reasons why a defendant might take the Fifth or the Sixth (right to consult an attorney, i.e. you caught me off guard but I might answer your questions later), but that is not pretty either, in a civil case.