You don’t understand Miller to have quoted it here. To use the 5th means a person cannot be found guilty but there is nothing that says exercising the 5th can’t lead to an investigation.
Huh?
Pleading the 5th means refusing to testify on the grounds that it may be incriminating. No one can be compelled to testify against themselves.
It has nothing to do with immunity from a guilty verdict. I've often thought it's more likely to provoke further investigation than well-counseled testimony, myself.
You must be pretty damn smart to be able to tell me what I do or don’t understand.
Of course I understand Miller. I have it here on my hard drive, and can post it for you if you haven’t read it lately.
And you are correct that this MIGHT trigger a bigger investigation, but you said “Special Prosecutor”, and that’s not about an investigation, that’s about an indictment.
If a criminal trial was underway, and the defendent (or, in fact anyone associated with the proceedings) took the fifth, it would be an APPEALABLE ERROR if the Judge did not make it clear to the jury that taking the fifth CANNOT be the basis for a presumption of guilt.