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To: C19fan

He refused to be interviewed.

He told his friends.

Doesn’t that violate his claim of taking the fifth?


4 posted on 07/19/2017 12:42:07 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Bill Clinton and Al Gore took illegal campaign contributions from the Chi-Coms and 'nobody' cared...)
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To: a fool in paradise

...He told his friends.

Doesn’t that violate his claim of taking the fifth...

No. But it could be used in a trial against him as a “statement against his penal interest” an exception to the hearsay rule.


43 posted on 07/19/2017 1:06:40 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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To: a fool in paradise

For all we know this is Fake News from the Daily Mail.


72 posted on 07/19/2017 1:45:41 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: a fool in paradise

No, that doesn’t waive his 5th amendment rights. However, all of those friends he told can and will be subpoenaed and will be used as witnesses against him.


73 posted on 07/19/2017 1:47:08 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: a fool in paradise
No. What he told his friends is hearsay and inadmissible in court.
109 posted on 07/19/2017 6:00:54 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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