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To: jimfree
The general does not have the right to not testify (or go the 5th.)

I think we need a lawyer to weigh in on this particular point.

81 posted on 11/09/2012 5:57:23 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Ambassador Stevens Is Dead And The Chevy Volt Is Alive)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I’m a lawyer. The House could subpoena him. He’d be required to show up. If he doesn’t want to testify he can plead the fifth. The reasons for pleading the 5th are between him and his lawyer. The only way they could force him to testify is if they offered him blanket immunity. If they gave him immunity, and he still refused to testify, they could jail him for contempt.


87 posted on 11/09/2012 6:04:51 PM PST by Gluteus Maximus
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