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In reply to the discussion: Clinton IT aide to plead the Fifth in email case [View all]Press Virginia
(2,329 posts)81. The judges order is specific and he's been ordered by the judge to be deposed
If he has immunity under the scope of the deposition then there is no reasonable fear of prosecution. He can be compelled to testify, by the judge, claiming the 5th if the question is outside the scope of the inquiry or his immunity agreement.
And, if he couldn't remember setting up the server in 2009, he wouldn't have gotten immunity from the FBI
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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