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I didn't see that anyone has suggested they could be convicted simply for taking the Fifth. Disbarment is another matter, though. I don't know exactly how tha

• dragonwriter 14y ago
  > Disbarment is another matter, though. I don't know exactly how that works, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if taking the Fifth in a situation like this is sufficient to get one disbarred. Taking the Fifth, by itself, won't get them disbarred. The evidence of misconduct which is the basis for the judge hauling them in to show cause why they should not be sanctioned, OTOH, might be -- taking the Fifth is just a refusal to respond to the cause to show cause why they shouldn't be sanctioned. The case for the sanctions is, in the judge's mind, already made, they were just being hauled in to explain why the judge was mistaken in thinking they should be sanctioned.