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mahatmakanejeeves

(62,400 posts)
Sat Dec 18, 2021, 06:22 PM Dec 2021

You can take the Fifth while also denying you did anything wrong. [View all]

JeSuisJortsHat Retweeted

Here’s a case to read if you — or some former federal prosecutor you listen to unwisely — believe that you can’t take the Fifth while also denying you did anything wrong.

You can. This is not in dispute among moderately informed people. https://law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-1028.ZPC.html


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