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ProudLib72

(17,984 posts) Sat Mar 25, 2017, 04:33 PM Mar 2017

Question about intelligence testimony [View all]

Would testifying before senate or house intelligence committees somehow indemnify Manafort against FBI charges? Is there some mechanism I'm not aware of that provides shelter?

I guess I just don't understand why he or anyone else would do it unless it saved him somehow.

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Question about intelligence testimony [View all] ProudLib72 Mar 2017 OP

Maybe a person wants to try to replicate what happened with Oliver North... PoliticAverse Mar 2017 #1

Yes ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #2

I haven't seen any definitive information about Manafort and immunity. PoliticAverse Mar 2017 #3

Exactly ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #4

Yes. Oliver North was granted limited immunity for his Iran Contra congressional testimony. PoliticAverse Mar 2017 #5

I see ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #6

Sessions has recused himself DefenseLawyer Mar 2017 #7

Right, the recusal! ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #8