Also, never allow them to come inside your house or do a search without a warrant. Otherwise, they might be like, "Sir, how did these meth pills 'end up' in your vehicle?"
PING!
Amen. And NEVER fall for a pretext like, “You’re not the subject of our investigation, we’d just like to get your help on some other matter.”
LE is allowed to lie to your face.
You can go to prison for ten years if you misstate what you had for lunch last Wednesday: that can be charged as lying to a federal officer. Even if last Wednesday’s lunch had nothing to do with anything.
This type of trivial “process crime” was essentially the justification for raiding Roger Stone’s home at 4AM with CNN cameras rolling.
Very sound advice
“Also, for everybody on here, if somebody from a federal (or other) stops to interview you, the only response on your lips should be”
Nothing.
It is the same as being spoken to by the devil. Say nothing in reply. Do not answer. Do not rise to any bait. Do not allow them to play mind games.
Say nothing.