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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>> “Can he exercise his Fifth Amendment right in such a case since it is not the State that is pursuing the case?” <<
Of course! His answers will be on the court record.
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avoiding the perjury trap
But what the prosecutor did is how the politics-crazed act.
Well, it worked for Louis Lerner when she was Testifying before Congress, even after she goofed up making an Opening Statement that voided her Right to Self Incrimination.
But hey, she was a Democrat receiving a Government Salary while discriminating against those she disagrees with Politically. Apparently that’s to be expected nowadays.
And since Mueller conned the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York into getting the bogus warrant. Mueller has no civil immunity as a complaining witness in a civil rights lawsuit. If the U.S. Attorney for the SDNY signed the affidavit for the warrant or complaint, he may have a huge liability, too.
And if a judge in a civil matter orders him to testify, it can be used in a criminal proceeding. Oliver North’s attorney figured that out.
Plead da Fif
v. To decline to give self-incriminating information. Refers to the fifth amendment of the US Constitution, which states that no citizen “shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself...”
Never ever take the advice of strangers on the internet.
or signaling that he wants immunity...
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Of course it can; that is what this is all about.
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Oh yes. Brendon "I'm not a potted plant" Sullivan.
OBG that needs to be seen by all and sent to family and friends
You cannot “defame” a whoring slut, who spreads her legs at the drop of a hat.
........on camera for big $$$’s
May be close to the definition of a whore/prostitute.Ya think ?
You can’t plead the fifth in a civil suit.
Lol.
Trump just ignores any Mueller subpoena.
Trump ignores Mueller period.
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