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RandySF

(58,931 posts) Wed Jan 17, 2018, 09:27 PM Jan 2018

Question for lawyers out there re. Mueller and Bannon

What kind of deal would a prosecutor agree to that allows one to avoid testifying in front of a grand jury?

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Question for lawyers out there re. Mueller and Bannon (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2018 OP

Most likely an agreement to tell everything he knows... The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #1

he might have provided other evidence, such as documents and/or wearing a wire unblock Jan 2018 #2

Oh my, Sloppy Bannon (hereafter to be known as Sloppy Canary Bannon) wearing a wire! MLAA Jan 2018 #3

A voluntary "interview" does not preclude later grand jury testimony. TomSlick Jan 2018 #4

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,740 posts)

1. Most likely an agreement to tell everything he knows...

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 09:28 PM

Jan 2018

unblock

(52,256 posts)

2. he might have provided other evidence, such as documents and/or wearing a wire

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 09:29 PM

Jan 2018

also, it could be all for show, to keep the "bigger fish" in the dark as to whether or not there is a deal.

eta: not a lawyer.

MLAA

(17,298 posts)

3. Oh my, Sloppy Bannon (hereafter to be known as Sloppy Canary Bannon) wearing a wire!

Reply to unblock (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 09:57 PM

Jan 2018

BIRD on a Wire!

TomSlick

(11,100 posts)

4. A voluntary "interview" does not preclude later grand jury testimony.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 10:08 PM

Jan 2018

I would want to have any witness on the record as many times as possible. The criminal liability difference between lying to the feds in an "interview" and perjury before a grand jury is de minimus (lawyer talk for no big deal.)

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