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Do Clinton’s email troubles worsen as aide invokes Fifth?
McClatchey ^ | 9/4/2015 | Greg Gordon

Posted on 09/04/2015 8:22:25 AM PDT by Signalman

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To: zek157

And please, no walks in the Park.


21 posted on 09/04/2015 9:00:27 AM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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To: zek157

If he gets even a hair’s worth near looking like he’s gonna spill his guts, he’ll certainly get Arkancided.


22 posted on 09/04/2015 9:01:17 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Signalman

Bryan. Hitlary is not going to care when your butt hole is being opened in sing sing.


23 posted on 09/04/2015 9:38:51 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Signalman

Mrs. Bill’s email troubles will worsen or ease exactly as the Obama directed Justice Department deems to the best political advantage of Obama.


24 posted on 09/04/2015 9:40:17 AM PDT by arthurus (It's true.)
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To: Signalman

Ambassador Stevens would like to talk to the Benghazi Committee.


25 posted on 09/04/2015 9:47:34 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Well the questions to be asked of this guy should be the same ones asked of the Hildabeast in october.
If she pulls the same act she taught her aide Cheryl Mills yesterday in her testimony,where her lawyer said,well she has a bad memory and what we are talking about happened two years ago.
Then Hillary could be disqualified as having alzheimers


26 posted on 09/04/2015 9:53:21 AM PDT by ballplayer (hvexx NKK c bmytit II iyijjhihhiyyiyiyi it iyiiy II i hi jiihi ty yhiiyihiijhijjyjiyjiiijyuiiijihyii)
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To: proxy_user
That is ridiculous. He set up the email server. He cannot be held liable for the emails that Hillary Clinton chose to send or receive using that server. The responsibility for that lies with Hillary Clinton.

He set up the server knowing that he was acting against governmental security guidelines!

At the time, he knew he was breaking the law -- which is amply demonstrated by his pleading the fifth.

27 posted on 09/04/2015 10:11:38 AM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Da Coyote
Why do we waste bytes?

If that's your attitude, why do you bother?

Go get a bottle or a joint, sit in the corner and fergettaboutit.

28 posted on 09/04/2015 10:17:48 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: Signalman

Drag him in and ask him the questions


29 posted on 09/04/2015 10:19:12 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: okie01

What proof is there that he knew what Hillary was going to use it for? If she had only sent personal emails using it, then there would be no illegality.


30 posted on 09/04/2015 12:03:20 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: proxy_user

You heard what happened to the guy that setup SilkRoad, right?


31 posted on 09/04/2015 12:09:17 PM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: USS Alaska

He is correct. Nothing will happen to Hillary. Everyone around may crash and burn, but Hillary will be unscathed.


32 posted on 09/06/2015 7:43:39 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (You all can go to hell, I'm going to Texas.)
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To: CedarDave

When the Republican representatives asked questions she had “memory lapses” and said “I do not recall.” Her memory seemed fine in response to questions from Democrats.


Trained by Hilly house of “ I Don’t Recall” ruling elite .


33 posted on 09/06/2015 8:13:07 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: Signalman
I question his legal ability to take the Fifth. The reason one can take the 5th is to not incriminate oneself. A grant of immunity from the prosecutor means that there is no possible incrimination, and therefore no right to the fifth.

Ollie North was given immunity, forced to testify, and was then prosecuted and convicted based in part on what prosecutors learned in that testimony. His conviction was thrown out on appeal because of the immunity grant.

I found this pretty good web site on this issue. Lots of tech companies sue each other all the time, in general the issues are not the type that allow one to take the fifth.

Tech Law Biz: Refusing to Testify in Civil Depositions based on the Fifth Amendment

I'm pretty confident if this is a bogus claim Judical Watch will get it smashed.

34 posted on 06/01/2016 7:52:40 PM PDT by Jack Black (Dispossession is an obliteration of memory, of place, and of identity)
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To: Jack Black
Here is an older article about his grant of immunity from the Justice Department.

National Security Justice Dept. grants immunity to staffer who set up Clinton email server

35 posted on 06/01/2016 7:56:38 PM PDT by Jack Black (Dispossession is an obliteration of memory, of place, and of identity)
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To: Jack Black
From the site linked above:

Who may assert the privilege?

The Fifth Amendment privilege is purely a personal right. Only natural persons may refuse to testify on that basis; corporations and other organizations may not. Braswell v. United States, 108 S. Ct. 2179, 2182 (1988). While corporate officers, directors, agents and employees may all invoke the privilege, they may do so only on their own behalf and not on behalf of any other person or entity.

When may one assert the privilege?

To assert the Fifth Amendment privilege, a witness must have “reasonable cause to apprehend a real danger of incrimination.” Hoffman v. United States, 341 U.S. 479, 486 (1951). Incrimination refers to the possibility of criminal prosecution in the United States, but not in foreign jurisdictions. United States v. Balsys, 524 U.S. 666 (1998). For example, depending on the case, testimony in a civil action could lead to reasonable fear of incrimination relating to crimes of fraud, economic espionage, price-fixing, anti-trust or securities violations and even perjury.

One may not make a blanket assertion of the privilege, such as refusing to attend a deposition or asserting the privilege in advance with respect to all potential questions. Instead, one must invoke it on a question-by-question basis and courts will determine the propriety of the assertions on the same basis. North River Insurance Co. v. Stefanou, 831 F.2d 484 (4th Cir. 1987).

...

However, there must be a real possibility of criminal prosecution; the risk cannot be imaginary, remote or speculative. United States v. Apfelbaum, 445 U.S. 115, 128 (1980).

I'm not a lawyer.

36 posted on 06/01/2016 8:06:39 PM PDT by Jack Black (Dispossession is an obliteration of memory, of place, and of identity)
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To: Signalman
Disclosures that the aide who set up Hillary Clinton’s private email server has refused to cooperate with investigators on Fifth Amendment grounds mark an ominous new turn for the Democratic presidential frontrunner as she fights allegations she mishandled classified information while secretary of state.

So, how much of the "immunity" talk over the last several months has been absolute disinformation? Is it time to bypass the jury box?

37 posted on 06/01/2016 8:08:43 PM PDT by MortMan (Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
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To: MortMan
Exactly. See my posts 34, 35 (with link for grant of immunity being reported) and 36.

It stinks.

38 posted on 06/01/2016 8:24:16 PM PDT by Jack Black (Dispossession is an obliteration of memory, of place, and of identity)
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