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Not quite. > When a person has a valid privilege against self-incrimination, nobody — not even a judge — can force the witness to give that information to the
by ihsw 13y ago
Not quite.
> When a person has a valid privilege against self-incrimination, nobody — not even a judge — can force the witness to give that information to the government.
The Fifth Amendment explicitly outlines that you cannot successfully "plead the fifth" in response to a grand jury compelling you to testify.
- some_guy_there 13y agoNo it does not, and the right against self-incrimination also holds when you are called for testimony under grand jury. See for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Hubbell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Hubbell. Perhaps you are confusing the first and the second clause of fifth amendment?