self-incrimination

At a recent congressional hearing, Mr. Harrison and the company's chief financial officer declined to answer questions from lawmakers and invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

Solyndra CEO Resigns Ryan Tracy 2011

They cited their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination in light of a criminal investigation into whether the company misled the government.

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The committee will hold a hearing on Friday with Solyndra executives, who have said through their attorneys that they will invoke their Fifth Amendment rights to avoid self-incrimination and will not answer questions.

Lawmakers probe Solyndra investors about loan Reuters 2011

But lawyers for Solyndra executives said their clients would not answer lawmakers' questions, invoking their rights to avoid self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

House Republicans step up probe into energy loans Reuters 2011

The committee will hold a hearing on Friday with Solyndra executives, who have said through their attorneys that they will invoke their Fifth Amendment rights to avoid self-incrimination and will not answer questions.

Lawmakers probe Solyndra investors about loan Reuters 2011

Lawyers for the two men sent letters to the committee Tuesday saying they would invoke their rights against self-incrimination in choosing not to answer the committee's questions.

Solyndra Executives to Plead the Fifth Ryan Tracy 2011

Many of those detectives still serve in the police department -- and face no adverse consequences when they periodically invoke their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination rather than answer questions about their past interrogation practices.

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For DAG to acknowledge any part of the HRW evidence is tantamount to self-incrimination.

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Many of those detectives still serve in the police department -- and face no adverse consequences when they periodically invoke their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination rather than answer questions about their past interrogation practices.

Locke Bowman: Chicago Police Miss the Message about the Cost of Wrongful Convictions Locke Bowman 2011

But lawyers for Solyndra executives said their clients would not answer lawmakers' questions, invoking their rights to avoid self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

House Republicans step up probe into energy loans Reuters 2011