Can Trump be forced to testify? Legal precedents suggest yes

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Can Trump be forced to testify? Legal precedents suggest yes

By MARK SHERMAN and ERIC TUCKER     |     Associated Press     |     May 2, 8:10 PM EDT

 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Can a president be forced to testify?

While the Supreme Court has never definitively ruled on the subject, the answer appears to be yes.

The question was tested during the Watergate scandal in 1974, when justices held unanimously that a president could be compelled to comply with a subpoena for tapes and documents. After the ruling, President Richard Nixon turned the materials over to prosecutors and then resigned.

Twenty-three years later, in allowing Paula Jones' sexual harassment suit to go forward against President Bill Clinton, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote: "We have made clear that in a criminal case the powerful interest in the 'fair administration of criminal justice' requires that the evidence be given under appropriate circumstances lest the 'very integrity of the judicial system' be eroded."  .  .  .

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Forced to testify?  These fascist idiots at AP clearly have never heard of the Bill of Rights.  And Stevens doesn't know the difference between a civil case and a criminal one.

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Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

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Perhaps Trump should ask Putin if Russia has space in their Gulag
for enemies of the state. A few thousand spots would be sufficient.
They could learn a useful trade and a second language. They could
also learn first hand about communism.

In days past, one could challenge an offender to a duel.
Kept people polite.

:)