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Originally Posted by $5 submissions
D-Null,
The Constitution does protect you from self-incrimination. That's why some of the individuals unfortunate enough to be dragged into a Congressional committee investigation plead their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Whatever you say in the committee hearings can and might be held against you--either as direct admission evidence or a court (in a future criminal case) might ding you for perjury.
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so basically due to the public climate of the whole issue, pleading the fifth would result in severe loss of public reputation, making it virtually an impossible option for those that have been called up, and also putting them in a situation where they were pretty much forced to lie... shitty situation all around by congress to be allowed to do this
