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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried doesn't recall by NegativeK on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @01:57PM (#38088795)
I don't believe you can selectively take the 5th.

As in once you waive your right to the 5th and take the stand, you have to answer all of the opposing side's questions truthfully.

(Not a lawyer.)

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried doesn't recall by dheera on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @02:21PM (#38089153)
> you have to answer all of the opposing side's questions truthfully

What if you don't know the answer, are only probabilistically sure of the answer, or the answer isn't a simple yes or no?

I see lots of courtroom videos and congress videos where the idiot keeps pressing for a "yes or no" but the reality of the universe is that lots of things are more nuisanced than just a yes or no.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried doesn't recall by 0cf8612b2e1e on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @02:44PM (#38089477)
Not a lawyer, but I am not sure that is entirely true.

Theoretically, if on the stand they asked SBF if he stole candy from the baby next door, I think he could take the fifth with regards to that questioning because it is for a different crime?

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