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To: BikerNYC

"She can invoke the Fifth Amendment. No question about it."

Sorry, she can refuse to testify and be found in contempt of the court. But she cannot claim Fifth Amendment protection in a Civil Trial.

Which is why the insider trading charges are being pursued in Civil Court, btw.


25 posted on 07/21/2004 6:42:48 AM PDT by Badeye ("The day you stop learning, is the day you begin dying")
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To: Badeye
Insider trading is also a crime that she can be indicted for.

Are you a lawyer?

Do a google seach with "invoke fifth amendment civil trial" and you will find countless instances where people have invoked their Fifth Amendment rights in civil trials. Catholic clergy have recently done it. This is not controversial.
26 posted on 07/21/2004 6:47:33 AM PDT by BikerNYC
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