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4. he can take the fifth, but only if there's a potential charge he remains liable for

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 11, 2020, 08:59 PM

Jul 2020

So if answering a question might implicate him in a state crime or a federal crime other than one he's been found not guilty of or which has been pardoned, he can take the fifth.

Technically, one does not "plead" the fifth. It is "taken" or "invoked".

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Mueller Deputy Wants Roger Stone Hauled Before Grand Jury in New York. [View all] elleng Jul 2020 OP

It won't stop it but he can plead the fifth the whole time can't he? soothsayer Jul 2020 #1

Right elleng Jul 2020 #2

he can take the fifth, but only if there's a potential charge he remains liable for unblock Jul 2020 #4

Or drink a fifth soothsayer Jul 2020 #6

Kavanaugh would certainly agree unblock Jul 2020 #7

"I like beer. " OMGWTF Jul 2020 #10

said the bear on a dare AmyStrange Aug 2020 #16

The prosecutor could give him immunity, and... AmyStrange Aug 2020 #15

Wonderful Me. Jul 2020 #3

Weissman senses that roger may be 'useful' empedocles Jul 2020 #5

I still don't see why the equivalent of a pardon shakedown is legal bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #8

I was hoping there would be a way to get him from a state vantage point. Karadeniz Jul 2020 #9

Me too. nt iluvtennis Jul 2020 #11

I'm not a lawyer, but it seems to me that any crime that is a federal crime would also TryLogic Jul 2020 #12

Might happen, elleng Jul 2020 #13

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