http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17801652
Goodling will refuse to answer Senate questions on fired U.S. attorneys
WASHINGTON - Monica Goodling, a Justice Department official involved in the firings of federal prosecutors, will refuse to answer questions at upcoming Senate hearings, citing Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, her lawyer said Monday.
"The potential for legal jeopardy for Ms. Goodling from even her most truthful and accurate testimony under these circumstances is very real," said the lawyer, John Dowd.
He said that members of the House and Senate Judiciary committees seem already to have made up their minds that wrongdoing has occurred in the firings.
(more at link)
So tell me, if you haven't done anything wrong or aren't trying to cover something up, why exactly do you plead the fifth? There is NO legal jeapordy if you haven't done anything wrong (isn't that what we've been told about the Patriot Act for the past 6 years?).
Goodling will refuse to answer Senate questions on fired U.S. attorneys
WASHINGTON - Monica Goodling, a Justice Department official involved in the firings of federal prosecutors, will refuse to answer questions at upcoming Senate hearings, citing Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, her lawyer said Monday.
"The potential for legal jeopardy for Ms. Goodling from even her most truthful and accurate testimony under these circumstances is very real," said the lawyer, John Dowd.
He said that members of the House and Senate Judiciary committees seem already to have made up their minds that wrongdoing has occurred in the firings.
(more at link)
So tell me, if you haven't done anything wrong or aren't trying to cover something up, why exactly do you plead the fifth? There is NO legal jeapordy if you haven't done anything wrong (isn't that what we've been told about the Patriot Act for the past 6 years?).