Posted on 04/25/2018 4:26:20 PM PDT by Rebelbase
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, will invoke his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination in a California defamation suit by Stormy Daniels, according to a court filing late Wednesday. In the filing, Cohen said he's pleading the Fifth due to the ongoing criminal investigation against him by federal authorities.
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Its what they all should do
Does not sound like he is about to fold to me. He would be dumb to cooperate with the fbi given what they have, and are, doing. The fbi is a criminal enterprise.
What will happen is we will know where the prosecution is coming from.
P.S. Stormy's attorney cancelled an interview with Fox. He said Fox cancelled him...but Fox said...BS.
Wouldn’t it be taking the fifth your not pleading to any thing.
Just invoking your fifth amendment rights.
She’s the one who broke the settlement she signed to stay silent. She took the money, and then decided she wasn’t happy with the settlement. There’s no way he should testify in her suit.
It worked splendidly for Lois Lerner. She pled the Fifth, and retired to a cushy retirement. That should have set a precedent for all federal cases. Don’t tell the bastards anything so they can’t set a perjury trap for you.
Right. If Mueller subpoenas the President, he should do the same.
But, he won't.
Better to take the Fifth than drink one before being interviewed like a former Sec. of State we know and loathe.
Absolutely!! With the fraud,Mueller, trying to lynch him =??? PLEAD THE 5TH!! Thank God for our constitution.
The defamation case is a civil case. Can he exercise his Fifth Amendment right in such a case since it is not the State that is pursuing the case? It at least will severely limit his defense.
It's the only smart thing to do when you're under criminal investigation. The problem is that it may sink him in the libel case, because taking the 5th can be used against you in a civil case (but not in a criminal case).
Remember when Alberto Gonzales fired eight U.S. Attorneys and the Democrats in Congress wanted to investigate the reasons?
There was a young woman lawyer in the AG’s office. The Democrats subpoenaed her to testify. Even though she did nothing wrong, she asserted her 5th Amendment right against Self-incrimination.
Why did she do that if she didn’t do anything wrong? Easy answer; she didn’t have to hire an attorney to represent herself and there was no way a prosecutor could twist her words if she didn’t say anything.
The prosecutor kind of did Cohen a favor when he raided his office. He basically gave him the legal cover to plead the Fifth Amendment for the rest of his life. LOL.
ROTF!
Yes, he can.
Also, as long as Mueller is looking for something on Cohen, Stormy’s case is going nowhere.
Agreed. Talking with the FBI in this day n age is likely to result in an indictment of some sort...even if innocent.
Never talk to the police. Ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik
Ever!
This Star Chamber doesn’t even deserve to be called “police.” What are they policing? Their own personal political interests, as best as we can see.
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