No he waived her right by addressing the issues. My son in law is an attorney specializing in constitutional law and he was telling me that if you say I am innocent of x, y, and z, they are then allowed to question you about x, y, and z. If she had wanted to assert her fifth amendment privilege, all she should have been counseled to say is her name and then she should answer nothing. Not even questions about where she worked as that opens her up to answer questions about potential illegal activity at her job.
If so, then perhaps the entire thing was a staged show from the start to the finish, and Obama is the one being strung up...
Well, I’m betting that she hasn’t waived her rights and her attorneys will say that she didn’t.
And if Issa tries to pursue a claim that she waived it after her attorneys had already told him that she intended to claim her right, that it will backfire on the Republicans and gain her sympathy.
But I don’t think they need her testimony to convict her. Her department committed the crime. She had the direct management responsibility.
Well, I’m betting that she hasn’t waived her rights and her attorneys will say that she didn’t.
And if Issa tries to pursue a claim that she waived it after her attorneys had already told him that she intended to claim her right, that it will backfire on the Republicans and gain her sympathy.
But I don’t think they need her testimony to convict her. Her department committed the crime. She had the direct management responsibility.