Posted on 05/22/2013 12:34:42 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
That being said, I hope she comes back and has to spill her guts out.
This may be fun after all.......
Looks like he was using strategery.
I bet that her incompetent lawyer will now ask for a court injunction and try to delay her day of reckoning indefinitely.
He couldn’t. He had to consult with legal counsel AND HER COUNSEL.
Is she now on suicide watch?
Or should I say Chicagacide watch?
he did a great job.....he’ll be able to prolong billing LOL
Gowdy pointed out that her act of sitting there stating her side of the matter amounted to testimony, which waives the 5th (I'm not a lawyer either, but that's as I understood it).
Her lawyer knew this and had her do it this way. That way she gets to have it both ways. No lawyer working in DC would have her do that unless that’s EXACTLY what he wanted. or she went rogue, and if that’s the case, the lawyer will say so. just sayin’....
All to protect Obama and Obamacare....
I believe that Issa is wrong.
One can select questions that they believe do not incriminate, and answer them, without having to answer those that do.
Issa flubbed bigtime by not continuing to ask all of the questions, and getting her on record on each of them, one way or the other.
She has a high powered lawyer. She got caught in a trap. But he must have been asleep at the wheel behind her to let her say anything like she did to Issa.
You know, we could have the best of both worlds here. Now everyone hates this horrid woman for taking the Fifth, and we still can get her to answer questions. People always overestimate the intelligence of Democrats.
She did waive it. No one can be compelled to testify against themselves. But that means you cannot testify at all. When someone is on trial for murder the only choice is to not testify at all or be compelled to answer all questions. A defendant cannot say “I’m innocent of all charges” and then invoke the Fifth.
This prevents what happened today. She cannot just present her side and then shut up.
Rush Limbaugh announced this on his radio close at 2:58 est, the article was not posted until 3:15 est. Hum...
He didn’t this morning....his committee’s lawyers obviously did some research during the lunch break and told him that she had effectively waived her right to remain silent when she gave her statement.
And a couple of years from now, after the courts have ruled that she tacitly waived her 5th amendment rights, she will have to re-testify. Wouldn't be surprised if her attorneys had not already filed a challenge.
...repeat her 5th Amendment over and over...
And THIS will be played over and over on every 2014 Republican\Tea Party campaign video...
Her lawyer - specifically - told Issa yesterday that she would NOT be giving any opening statement.
That is a part of this.
Issa blew it!
What can you expect from a former car thief turned congress critter?
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