Ireland Sues the UK for Offering Immunity for Troubles-Era Crimes
The Irish government filed a lawsuit against the British government concerning its Troubles Legacy Act.
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The Irish government filed a lawsuit against the British government concerning its Troubles Legacy Act.
The Irish government filed a lawsuit against the British government concerning its Troubles Legacy Act.
To mr. clark. what that means is that the testimony you give to the committee could not be used in the criminal case. if the justice department finds out about it some other way, they're not precluded from proceeding. >> norm, do you think it's worth offering immunity to clark or anyone else? >> i do think that statutory immunity should be considered so we can get to the truth of what mr. clark has to say as one of the inside lawyers, perhaps the leading one inside the government pushing for the overthrow of a legitimate election. ana, the reason that this statutory provision exists, most nece...
Agreement and i would say it doesn't rise to the level of an agreement. and that's what the court concluded because it used a principle from contract law that happens when you have parties that think there is a contract but the contract fails. in this case bruce caster didn't follow the rules for offering immunity, so if there was no underlying contract sometimes courts will say when one party makes a promise to another party and that second party relies, to his detriment, on that propromise and in this case cosby relied on the promise and gave up the fifth amendment right, sat down for a depo...
We're a long way away from that. but if he gets that, that means that he could never be prosecuted. >> there's there was a piece written i thought was interesting and it was talking -- sort of speculating in an informed manner about what he may or may not have. he's got exposure on a bunch of difl levels because there's the retroactive registration as a foreign agent. there's possible some questions about his sf-86. if he had something good, flynn and his lawyers would approach the prosecutors quietly, go through the proffer process in confidence and reach a deal. why? because prosecutors have...