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A comment on IRS Tried to Hide Emails That Show Tax Industry Influence over Free File Program. Parent comment

Re:IRS Tried to Hide Emails That Show Tax Industry Influence... by plurple on Friday November 01, 2019 @04:12PM (#21423209)
Then Lois Lerner shouldn’t have had any reason to plead the fifth repeatedly if she hadn’t done anything incriminating.
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Re:IRS Tried to Hide Emails That Show Tax Industry Influence... by torstenvl on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @11:06AM (#21453580)
I'm sorry, but I think you must fundamentally misunderstand the right against self-incrimination if you believe that invoking it is, in and of itself, incriminating. Cf. "you don't need privacy if you have nothing to hide."
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