Popehat, an attorney, has some useful reminders on The Fifth.
...You take the Fifth because the government can't be trusted. You take the Fifth because what the truth is, and what the government thinks the
truth is, are two very different things. You take the Fifth because
even if you didn't do anything wrong your statements can be used as
building blocks indishonest, or malicious, or politically motivated prosecutions against you. You take the Fifth because if you answer questions truthfully the government may still decide you are lying and prosecute you for lying....
(Quoted at Coyote)
Coyote has another "must remember" observation:
If you want to get bent out of shape about something, you are welcome to
wonder why Lerner is being investigated, apparently, by the
hyper-partisan civil rights division of Justice rather than the public
integrity section. That, combined with President Obama's pre-judging of
the DOJ's conclusions, is more of a red flag than Lerner's taking the
Fifth.
Interesting, indeed.
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