At least there are a few lawyers out there who are able to put politics aside and stand up for equal application of the law and Constitutionally-protected rights.
But there probably aren’t many left. Most eventually run for office.
A former federal prosecutor triggered bipartisan backlash on Wednesday for suggesting that invoking Fifth Amendment rights implies guilt............the stupido doesn’t know?
You cannot impugn a votive when the fifth is invoked.by
I hate to use an old, worn out cliche, but it would appear to me, that MORE THAN EVER, 500 lawyers at the bottom of the sea, is s good start.
The Deep State denizens seem overcome with desperation as the mid-terms near. Not at all what one would expect from a force that has complete control over the elections (by hook and crook).
Or suggests persecution.
Lois Lerner pleads the Fifth - 2013
I think that lawyers go to school to be trained to lie skillfully.
I think a real justice system would be based on the notion that no lawyer should ever be allowed to "shade the truth" in even the slightest way. No cleverness. No "depends on the meaning of 'is' is". Prosecutors and Defenders ought to be upfront and honest at all times or face serious prison time. That would dramatically change the legal profession and provide a lot more real Justice. We have too many lawyers as it is, and if two-thirds of the current lawyers were in jail for being sleazy liars, we would be better off.
1) Jeff Neely, the former Pacific Rim regional commissioner for the General Services Administration, plead the fifth on April 16, 2012 when Congress asked him to testify about overly-lavish spending on GSA conferences. He was eventually sentenced to prison for fraud anyway.
2)John Beale, a former official at the EPA, plead the fifth on October 1, 2013 when Congress probed into Beale’s theft of nearly $900,000 worth of salaries and bonuses from his own agency.
3)John Sepulveda, a former VA official, plead the fifth on October 30, 2013 after Congress subpoenaed him to testify as to why the department spent $6 million on conferences in Florida.
4)Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves, two senior officials in the Department of Veterans Affairs, each plead the fifth before Congress on November 2, 2015 when asked to testify about $400,000 they had allegedly milked out of a VA relocation expense program. They were eventually given back their jobs.
5)Greg Roseman, a deputy director of the IRS, plead the fifth on June 26, 2013, after Congress asked him to testify about why the largest contract in IRS history was awarded to a close friend of his.
6)Patrick Cunningham, chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona, plead the fifth when Congress asked him to testify about Operation Fast and Furious, which trafficked more than 2,000 guns along the U.S.-Mexico border.
7)Lois Lerner, an IRS director in charge of tax-exemptions, plead the fifth numerous times during Congress’ investigation into the IRS’ targeting of conservative groups.
8)Loretta Lynch, Attorney General Loretta Lynch invoked her Fifth Amendment protection not to incriminate herself over the Obama administration’s transfer of money to Iran.
Daniel Goldman (44) is trying to win the redistricted NY-10 Democrat Primary on 23 August. So, when you are running in that very LEFTist area, there is no such thing as being too rabid anti-Trump! He is a child of wealth ($200+M) from the Levi Strauss clothing fortune and a DEEP Swamp Denizen, born in DC, Sidwell Friends School, Yale BA & Stanford JD.
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Why you should never talk to the police: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE (17.8 Million views in 10 years) It’s worth your time if you haven’t ever watched it. ALWAYS INVOKE THE 5TH! ALWAYS! ALWAYS and ALWAYS!
An heir up to no good. Trump inherited $$$ and went to work erecting buildings. This turd has nothing better to do than destroy America. I would like to see his most famous prosecutions.
Correct. For a while now, taking the 5th is viewed as an admission of guilt by most prosecutors
It is law 101 that no guilt can be construed by invocation of your 5th amendment rights. For a former prosecutor to say that betrays their bias.
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Anyone who follows the persecution of Trump knows the intent to nail Trump on a “process crime”, because they have no underlying crime. So they’d ask him if he ever committed a crime in NYC and he’d say something like “well, I got a parking ticket 20 years ago in NYC”. They’d go back and find out it was, in 18 years ago in NYC, and charge him with PERJURY for lying about when it happened.
He’s smart to not answer any of their questions.
and that mind set for a Federal Attorney is a MAJOR issue! Tell us Daniel which others sections of the US Constitution due feel personally you can disregard? Is this standard In the US Attorney training program?
Goldman
Doesn’t sound like Ms. James and Mr. Goldman have much to go on.
Former RNC-garbage chairman Michael Steele tweeted the same thing. Georgetown Law JD.
Public defenders and private criminal defense lawyers are at least 90% Democrat!