RINGGOLD, Ga. — For 30 minutes, Angela Russell dodged questions about how she secretly helped the FBI catch accused child predators.
“Did you have an extramarital affair with Ken Hillman?” attorney McCracken Poston asked Friday in Catoosa County Superior Court.
Hillman, a suspended FBI agent and the former chief of a local “To Catch a Predator”-style task force, let Russell participate in the investigations even though she is not a certified law enforcement officer. Federal prosecutors have been investigating Hillman for two years for his behavior while running the task force.
Responding to Poston on Friday, Russell invoked the Constitutional protection against self-incriminating statements.
“Fifth Amendment,” she said.