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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Thu Nov 22, 2018, 11:44 AM Nov 2018

Legal analyst: Trump so 'boxed in' he can't answer any Mueller questions without admitting to guilt

legal analyst: Trump so ‘boxed in’ he can’t answer any Mueller questions without admitting to a crime

“When we hear that they won’t answer questions about, for example, obstruction of justice, that is plainly because the president would be boxed in by such questions,” Kirschner said, providing as example Trump’s role in writing the misleading narrative about what transpired between the Russians, Don. Jr., and Jared Kushner in Trump Tower.

“If the president were to answer yes, well, now he has admitted potentially to obstruction of justice. If the president answers no, he has probably earned himself a false statements charge,” Kirschner continued. “The reason that the president’s defense team is not letting him answer questions about obstruction of justice is because he would be boxed in, he would incriminate himself. It has nothing to do with an exercise of any legitimate executive privilege.”


https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/msnbc-legal-analyst-trump-so-boxed-in-he-cant-answer-any-mueller-questions-without-admitting-to-a-crime/
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Legal analyst: Trump so 'boxed in' he can't answer any Mueller questions without admitting to guilt (Original Post) UCmeNdc Nov 2018 OP
Yes he can answer the questions NewJeffCT Nov 2018 #1
Been saying it for months... Wounded Bear Nov 2018 #2
He alone boxed himself in world wide wally Nov 2018 #3
K&R Scurrilous Nov 2018 #4

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
1. Yes he can answer the questions
Thu Nov 22, 2018, 11:46 AM
Nov 2018

"I am invoking my 5th amendment right against self-incrimination and refusing to answer this question"

Wounded Bear

(58,598 posts)
2. Been saying it for months...
Thu Nov 22, 2018, 11:47 AM
Nov 2018

If he lies, it's perjury.

If he tells the truth, he's admitting guilt.

Catch-22

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