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From Wikipedia:

"Under U.S. federal common law, the spousal testimonial privilege is held by the witness-spouse, not the party-spouse, and therefore does not prevent a spouse who wishes to testify from doing so. The rationale of this rule is that if a witness-spouse desires to testify against the party-spouse, there is no marital harmony left to protect through the obstruction of such testimony."

4 posted on 10/10/2017 1:56:22 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Steely Tom

Yep, she can testify against him. That should be enough to put some pressure on. She might be precluded from testifying to any marital communications. Different rule.


9 posted on 10/10/2017 2:03:31 PM PDT by jimfree (My17 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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