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In reply to the discussion: Clinton IT aide to plead the Fifth in email case [View all]tex-wyo-dem
(3,190 posts)5. That was for the criminal case (FBI)...
Not the civil case (FOIA)
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That's more in line with my thinking. Or he's worried about his admissions
Press Virginia
Jun 2016
#54
tell it to his lawyers, who generally don't want any client to testify two or three times
magical thyme
Jun 2016
#49
No one knows what ground they'd try to cover -- we saw that in the Mills deposition
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#80
The judges order is specific and he's been ordered by the judge to be deposed
Press Virginia
Jun 2016
#81
Unless the threat is substantive and real, meaning his immunity isn't within
Press Virginia
Jun 2016
#83
There is nothing to know till the judge rules. Till then, he did exactly the right thing
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#84
If he'd done the right thing from the start he wouldn't be needing an attorney
Press Virginia
Jun 2016
#85
the FBI wasn't smart enough to ask him if he was paid, how much and for what?
Press Virginia
Jun 2016
#99
Then the lawyer would have to establish a reasonable cause for the fear of
Press Virginia
Jun 2016
#98
soooo you're saying he's claiming the 5th because he can't be charged with a crime?
Press Virginia
Jun 2016
#117
Having just read more about JudicialWatch, maybe he doesn't want to help with them
emulatorloo
Jun 2016
#13
It's a right against self incrimination. If there is not risk of criminal charges
Press Virginia
Jun 2016
#55
But he must answer questions that establish whether his plea is reasonable. If it
Press Virginia
Jun 2016
#97
There are potentially two cases. One is civil and active, in which he is pleading the Fifth.
JDPriestly
Jun 2016
#45
Yeah, but they can sue his pants off if he testifies and incriminates himself.
ebayfool
Jun 2016
#61
Okay. But if he did testify and it contradicted what he has told the FBI, all bets are off on ...
ebayfool
Jun 2016
#68
Staying silent “can be used against you,” said Peter Toren, a former federal prosecutor and partner
w4rma
Jun 2016
#107
It's a legal perspective and this scenario of the prosecutor will play out in court with the
w4rma
Jun 2016
#109
Sorry, but I just don't give a shit what a right wing rag has to say. YMMV.
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
#110
"The Hill" is a "right-wing rag", now? You Clintonites are limiting your media outlets to hardly
w4rma
Jun 2016
#111
But when the Fifth Amendment is invoked, it is because testimony could incriminate
JDPriestly
Jun 2016
#72
This is just my experience. I can't say what would happen in a case you might be
JDPriestly
Jun 2016
#74
He is smart to follow his attorney's advice. And Judicial Watch is the modern day
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#23
Exactly. Why the hell would he cooperate in any way with a right wing witch hunt?
Midnight Writer
Jun 2016
#77
Pagliano is worried about a potential breach at the court reporting company? This guy?
ebayfool
Jun 2016
#60
"conservative" legal watchdog group is an understatement and they are a total rightwing attack
beachbum bob
Jun 2016
#90