# Claim 128

At least one Times employee was dismissed before the hearings even started once he indicated he would invoke the Fifth Amendment rather than answer the subcommittee.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: At least one Times employee was dismissed before the hearings even started once he indicated he would invoke the Fifth Amendment rather than answer the subcommittee.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: Staff fired before testifying
- About: [incident 1955-us-eastland-subcommittee-subpoenas-new-york-times](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1955-us-eastland-subcommittee-subpoenas-new-york-times)
- Source: The Press: Eastland v. the Times. https://time.com/archive/6799287/the-press-eastland-v-the-times/
- Publisher: Time
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 1956-11-26

## Quotation from the source

> the Times fired him before the hearings started, when he indicated that he would duck behind the Fifth

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