Posted on 04/01/2021 10:26:31 AM PDT by rxsid
I guess his friend, the self described “key witness,” is only willing to “be his voice” so long as he’s not under oath.
Because he gave Mr. Floyd the fentanyl?
I don’t believe he can avoid questions that don’t risk incriminating him.
I don’t believe he can avoid questions that don’t risk incriminating him.
Waiting for a movie/book/speaking engagement requests?
Giving a lethal dose of fentanyl just might incriminate him.
because Floyd was high as a kite..his girlfriend said the dude was his drug dealer
I will be very curious as to how defense Counsel handles this subpoena. The prosecution witnesses have, so far, only been trying to play on emotions. Yesterday’s prosecution witnesses may have helped the defense.
Whether this guy is completely in the right or not almost anything he says will be twisted by the Evil Traitor Press at CNN. NYT, et al. I don’t blame him one bit. I’m sure he’s following his lawyer’s advice.
OK. I get why he invoked. He can’t testify without use immunity (at the very least). He was Floyd’s drug dealer. Floyd is dead from a drug overdose. That incriminates the dealer. I’m not sure what the law is in MN, but he could be guilty of a number of serious crimes (in addition to drug dealing) that potentially includes felony murder.
Would any of this help the prosecution’s case against Chauvin? No and that’s why he wasn’t immunized for his testimony. BUT, why did the prosecution call him knowing that he was going to invoke?
It doesn't matter what HE is guilty of, he can be asked about WHAT he knows and observed, without discussing his involvement.
He either was part of the fentanyl angle, or part of the counterfeit $20 that got the grocery all hyped-up.
And if they're really good they'll get him riled and he will blurt out a fact, or an accusation, or even just a dumb "No.", and this clown will have waived the 5th on everything downstream of that question. Then if he refuses to answer the follow-up he's declared hostile and unresponsive, and the judge can send him somewhere this guy has been before...
Hillary’s defense. I have no recollection
A year earlier, Floyd used the same words, and had many of the same issues, during an arrest. Even the same drugs...
A history of swallowing drugs to destroy evidence.
Then I would imagine there is a 100% chance he will be put on the stand.
Wouldn’t that be something.
FWIW, he needs use or transactional immunity. “Qualified” immunity is immunity from civil action that is generally reserved for government employees.
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