Thursday, April 26, 2018

Michael Cohen: "I'm Taking the Fifth, See."

Cohen is taking the Fifth in the Stormy Daniels case.
Good question, Donny.

6 comments:

  1. Can you explain "taking the fifth" versus "contempt of court", which as I understand, is a "jail worthy" offence. Does taking the fifth in effect means he can skate thru this deposition without answering or consequence?
    w3ski

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  2. Perhaps if New York doesn't pass the rule change to allow for prosecution after a presidential pardon, Cohen can get out of testifying about Fergus himself, should he receive a pardon. That doesn't mean he won't be convicted, just that he won't have to testify.

    -Doug in Oakland

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  3. Taking the Fifth is asserting your right not to incriminate yourself. Contempt of court means you've pissed off the judge.

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  4. And if you refuse to testify without citing the 5th, you’ll piss off the judge bada-bing!

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  5. DA, I’m pretty sure that outside of frivolous use of your “rights”, exercising the Fifth won’t get you tossed for Contempt.

    Note that denying a lawyer is your representative kinda squwicks the whole privilege thing that Cohen was banging on about...but Fox and Friends called and Donnie answered.

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  6. Please re-read what I wrote.

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