Seems to me the author if full of excrement.
There is very specific stare decisis that says that is not true.
In Griffin v. California , the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination not only allows a criminal defendant to refuse to take the witness stand during his trial, but it also bars the prosecutor from urging the jury to interpret that silence as an indication that the defendant ...
What a maroon. Kyle Rittenhouse nearly got mistrial with prejudice because the prosecutor hinted that to the jury.
The Judge reamed him for it.
A deposition is just another word for a perjury trap.
Yes a lib wet dream. The very liberal dimocrat judge in the Rittenhouse trial jumped down the throat of the prosecution for suggesting that the defendant was guilty because he was pleading the 5th. That crap don’t fly in a courtroom.
People keep using the words, “classified documents.” Are they? Who says so? This entire situation is a cluster.
Maybe he should have answered, “At this point, what difference does it make”?
I’m sure that Trump already knows this. Answering grand jury questions is not like answering police questions or answering questions in a trial. If you answer a single question then you have forfeited your right against self incrimination.
Don’t answer ANY grand jury questions. Ever.... unless and until you are granted signed immunity from prosecution for anything ever.
Since it’s a New York City jury they can save time by not bothering to present evidence. They can just submit a guilty verdict at the start.
I am old enough to remember when articles like this had a barf alert!
“The jury could be allowed to consider whether Trump asserted his right against self-incrimination because he has something to hide.”
Whatever happened to “Presumption of innocence till proven guilty??
The author is implying that the jury can, without cause, presume guilt for simply asserting a right?
But if it were a leftist or Democrat taking the 5th... they are cheered for asserting their constitutional protected right and must be celebrated for the courage to exercise their rights in the face of a tyrannical justice system!
We do not know if the New York AG will file a federal civil case against Trump or the Trump Organization for financial wrongdoing. His decision to stay silent, which is his right, may prevent James from obtaining the evidence she needs to move forward.
This is a civil case, not a criminal case. Basically Trump is challenging the state to get their info via other sources.
MSNBC is part of the Traitormedia.
President Trump had a standing order that all classified papers he took to his residence were declassified.
He is. My basic understanding is that the jury is usually instructed that a defendant pleading the 5th amendment is NOT TO BE HELD AGAINST THEM.
Jessica, you don’t know a damn thing about the law. That much is obvious. No, the jury may not consider any defendant’s assertion of their 5th amendment right as evidence or even inference of guilt. No, opposing counsel may not even make that argument. This is well established in the law.
We’re getting way to much of MSNBC ‘s junk articles.....like CNN....taking up too much space here. It’s like spewing the left’s propaganda....
A more accurate way of putting it is that they are unclassified documents with classified markings.
It’s a civil case. He could face an increase in property value & a new assessment.
Dumb Bitch AG spent millions trying to trump up charges & all she could do was bring a civil law suite.
Seven years worth of at bats, and the MSNBCreepy is still
batting 000.