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fishwax

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17. She can still plead the fifth if the answer would be incriminating to her personally

Reply to MLAA (Reply #8)

Mon Oct 30, 2023, 11:28 AM

Oct 2023

You can't be compelled to incriminate yourself simply because you're not currently charged with something. But in a civil trial, the refusal to answer can carry a negative inference, so refusing to answer will hurt her father's case.

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Since Ivanka is not charged, if she doesn't answer she can be charged with obstruction. MLAA Oct 2023 #8

Nice catch. gab13by13 Oct 2023 #10

She is in a real pickle. MLAA Oct 2023 #12

Yup, this is correct obamanut2012 Oct 2023 #16

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