(Video) Nixon Counsel: Democrats could hold Bush in contempt of Congress
Monica Goodling, who was supposed to testify before Congress on Thursday, has decided to plead the Fifth Amendment. So the question most people want answered is whether that is legal?
John Dean, former White House Counsel to Richard Nixon, explained that you can not just plead the fifth unless your testimony might lead to self-incrimination. Dean spoke about that last night, and hinted that she might be immunized by Congress and then be forced to testify. Or, quite possibly, the Judiciary Committee could declare the Justice Department or White House in contempt of Congress. The showdown is just beginning:
Translation: the Justice Department is digging itself a huge hole by having Monica Goodling plead the Fifth Amendment.
In the end, in my opinion, something else is going on. A had a logical insight on this matter:
You can't plead the 5th unless your testimony self-incriminates. Ifshe's trying to plead the 5th because she doesn't want to get caught ina lie after-the-fact.. then she should be locked injail until she testifies. Besides, she can't plead the 5th for herentire testimony, it is only pertaining to specific questions whichrelate to her actions that the 5th can be invoked. So, either herlawyer is a complete idiot or she thinks she did something illegalalready.
This will not be over after today. before the Judiciary Committee on April 17th -- under oath!
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