President Joe Biden - Kamala Harris Administration

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hog88 said:
The way I understand it is everyone that accepts a pardon can no longer plead the 5th on questions related to the pardoned crimes so congressional hearings should be interesting.
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I found this:

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When Can You Plead the Fifth? - Cove Law, P.A.

The Fifth Amendment includes a fundamental right against self-incrimination. This means that individuals can refuse to answer questions or provide information that could incriminate them. The right to “plead the Fifth” is well-known, but its application is often misunderstood. Knowing when and...
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When Can You Plead the Fifth?​

July 15, 2024
Andrew Cove
The Fifth Amendment includes a fundamental right against self-incrimination. This means that individuals can refuse to answer questions or provide information that could incriminate them. The right to “plead the Fifth” is well-known, but its application is often misunderstood. Knowing when and how this right can be used to protect yourself legally can be critical.

What the Fifth Amendment Protects You From

The Fifth Amendment guarantees that the government cannot compel individuals to provide incriminating information about themselves. This is commonly known as “pleading the Fifth.” It applies when the government asks individuals to provide testimonial communication through legal processes such as subpoenas and lawsuits or through simple questioning.

Testimonial communication includes verbal statements and non-verbal actions that convey information, such as nodding or producing documents. To invoke the Fifth Amendment, the response must be (at least potentially) self-incriminating. Witnesses can invoke the Fifth Amendment if their testimony might expose them in some way to criminal charges. Notably, the information itself does not need to be incriminating; it suffices if it provides a “link in the chain of evidence”, meaning it could lead to the discovery of incriminating evidence.

However, there are limits. Individuals cannot invoke the Fifth Amendment if granted immunity, as their statements can no longer be used against them in a criminal prosecution. Similarly, those pardoned, convicted, and sentenced cannot invoke the Fifth Amendment regarding the same crime. Invoking the Fifth ensures that your silence or refusal to answer questions cannot be used against you in a criminal case, and typically, prosecutors cannot call a witness before a grand jury if they know the witness will plead the Fifth. The Fifth Amendment’s protections ensure that individuals are not compelled to give evidence that could be used against them in a prosecution.
 
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hog88 said:
LOL

These pardons will have no effect on show politics. They actually make the stage bigger.
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Agreed. And I’m certain that he took this position when Trump was considering and delivering pardons in 2020. And I’m sure he will take that position in 2036 when Trump finishes his 4th term. Ya know, that at some point this needs to end and we should all move on.
 
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Tin Man said:
It saddens me to read so many posts echoing the poo flinging of both parties. Stepping away from the toilets and looking honestly at the economy, inflation was a world-wide post-pandemic problem. It wasn’t and isn’t the fault of either party or their priorities.

Biden and the Democrats did pass bills which boosted employment investing in infrastructure and manifested a commerce policy that favored production within the US. One can argue that these put upward pressure on inflation that was already in the world economy recovering from the pandemic, but one has to acknowledge that these benefited the pace of US recovery and allowed working Americans to bargain for higher pay. Meanwhile, the Fed’s policy to rein in inflation has been working.

In the recent elections, the Democrats failed to leverage their efforts to improve the wellbeing of citizens during a challenging period of world economic recovery. The Republicans did effectively leverage the citizenry’s pain from inflation. Whatever the party, politicians have played on economic circumstances (eg 1980, 1992, 2024) to their advantage in elections.

I’m not interested in an autopsy of the Democrats’ missteps in the recent elections. I am hopeful that behind the rhetoric, the Republicans know that their victory was an expression of the citizens disaffection and not the mandate they’re claiming. Promoting continuing investment building production of critical strategic components in the US is key.
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Finally a sensible post
 
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