Epstein Secrets

n he has "reasonable cause to apprehend danger from a direct answer," even when that person is entirely innocent and has committed no crime.' Indeed, the United States Supreme Court has "emphasized that one of the Fifth Amendment's basic functions... is to protect innocent men... who otherwise might be ensnared by ambiguous circu

he Court held that even "truthful responses of an innocent witness" may provide the Government with evidence that could be used against ' See Ohio v. Reiner, 532 U.S. 17, 21 (2001) (internal quotation marks omitted). = Id. (emphasis in original) (internal quotation marks omitted). DC: 6427118-1 HOUSE_OVER

ld support a criminal conviction, but even if "the responses would merely 'provide a lead or clue' to evidence having a tendency to incriminate."). The United States Supreme Court has made clear that the scope of the Fifth Amendment Privilege also encompasses the circumstance where "the act of producing documents in response

dings." Edwin v. Price, 778 F.2d 668, 669 (11 th Cir. 1985), citing Lefkowitz v. Turley, 414 U.S. 70, 77, 94 S.C. 316, 322 (1973). See also Ohio v. Reiner, 532 U.S. 17, 21, 121 S.Ct. 1252 (2001)(The Fifth Amendment privilege is also available to those who claim innocence. One of the Fifth Amendment's

he has "reasonable cause to apprehend danger from a direct answer," even when that person is entirely innocent and has committed no crime.1 Indeed, the United States Supreme Court has "emphasized that one of the Fifth Amendment's basic functions ... is to protect innocent men . .. who otherwise might be ensnared by ambiguous

he Court held that even "truthful responses of an innocent witness" may provide the Government with evidence that could be used against See Ohio v. Reiner, 532 U.S. 17, 21 (2000 (internal quotation marks omitted). 2 Id. (emphasis in original) (internal quotation marks omitted). DC: 6427118.1 EFTA0061