plead ignorance

Meadows cannot "plead ignorance" of the Hatch Act since he "revealed his contempt for the law" in an Office of Special Counsel investigation into repeated Hatch Act violations in the Trump administration, the experts continued.

That way, if the insurrection failed, he could plead ignorance of the riot's planning.

Colleges and universities, fearing further lawsuits, may curtail their actions beyond the minimum legal boundaries of the decision, while advocates of the ruling plead ignorance about the outcomes of their actions.

“We can no longer plead ignorance to the consequences of our actions or continue to repeat our mistakes.”

“They immediately roll over and play dead and plead ignorance and promise never to do it again,” said Chong Wa Benevolent Association co-chair Betty Lau.