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• n  an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
  his incrimination was based on my testimony

• Rich has already declined to testify, citing her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
• Bart Williams, Roger Clinton's lawyer, said he doesn't know if his client will testify or claim his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
• But he declined to testify, citing his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

• inculpation
• blame

News & Articles

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• House Runs Blitz Package on Werfel
  When another manager at the IRS invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination one might have thought that the moment had come when the Obama administration was ready to show some hustle when it came to reforming the agency.
  June 27, 2013 - Fox News
• Senior IRS manager invokes Fifth Amendment right before House committee
  For the second time in as many months, a senior IRS manager on Wednesday invoked his fifth amendment right against self incrimination, fueling perceptions of an agency in crisis.
  June 26, 2013 - Fox News
• Second IRS official invokes Fifth Amendment before House panel
  WASHINGTON, June 26 (UPI) -- A second IRS employee invoked the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination Wednesday in an appearance before the U.S. House oversight committee.
  June 26, 2013 - UPI

Quotes

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• Sonia Sotomayor in Los Angeles Times
  In her first strongly written dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the ruling "turns Miranda upside down" and "marks a substantial retreat from the protection against compelled self-incrimination."
• Antonin Scalia in New York Times
  The confrontation clause may make the prosecution of criminals more burdensome, but that is equally true of the right to trial by jury and the privilege against self-incrimination,Justice Scalia wrote.
• Orin Kerr in Washington Post
  If you admit something to the government, you give up the right against self-incrimination later on,said Kerr, a former federal prosecutor.