CSPAN Politics Public Policy Today June 28, 2013
or publicly assert her fifth amendment right. in this case, ms. lerner's attorney wrote to inform the committee before the hearing that his client would exercise her fifth amendment right. unlike in a courtroom, the chairman issued a subpoena forcing her to appear. made her stand and swear an fifthand challenge her amendment assertion by posing questions to her anyway. now the chairman wants the committee to conclude as a legal matter that ms. lerner waived her right because she made a statement or fessing her innocence. -- professing her innocence. if this happened in a courtroom, t...
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