Author Topic: McGwire Admits Steroid Use  (Read 4330 times)

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Re: McGwire Admits Steroid Use
« Reply #25: January 12, 2010, 11:20:19 AM »
The 5th amendment:
It's being reported that McGwire first went to Rep. Tom Davis to indicate that he wanted to talk about steroids, but that he needed immunity to do so.  His lawyers then petitioned Alberto Gonzalez and attempted negotiations with Henry Waxman, but were rebuffed. No immunity.  He was advised by his counsel that if he testified truthfully regarding his past use of steroids, that he could be prosecuted.  No immunity, no testimony.

How do you think he should have handled this?

He didn't plead the fifth. He said "I don't want to talk about the past" repeatedly like a poorly-programmed robot. Pleading the fifth is a constitutional right, evading questions under oath is not.