If Fitzy intends to manufacture a crime here, as he
supported his pal in doing with Martha, this could
seriously damage law enforcement and our already-shaky
court system.
As I pointed out on another thread ...
If this investigation turns into a persecution of WH
people with faulty memories, or who made inadvertent
misstatements (but corrected them), then the GJ system
may collapse.
Anyone summoned to testify at one will take the 5th,
since anything less than zero-defects fully proveable
testimony could be used to incriminate the witness.
I suspect people are already a lot less cooperative
with the FBI after the Martha affair, for the same
reason - if "lying" to the FBI, even when not under
oath, is a crime, why risk that any unintentional
misstatement will be turned into a crime?"
I would never talk to the police or any investigating officer without consulting with an attorney, and perhaps not even then.
You are correct. Law Enforcement is getting out of hand. While real criminals run amok, innocent people are often persecuted on technicalities.
I don't like Martha Stewart. She has a nasty personality and she was a fund raiser for bill clinton. But she was railroaded on a technicality.
Prosecutors, especially Justice Dept. prosecutors, think that if you take the 5th, you're guilty.
Actually don't most people think that?
Why would an innocent person take the 5th?