On January 28, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a significant ruling reinforcing the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination and clarifying the ...

Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer said she would be willing to cooperate with a House panel's probe if President Trump grants her clemency, and would testify that he is "innocent of any wrongdoing." ...

President Joe Biden's decision to grant last-minute preemptive pardons to several individuals, could backfire if these individuals are brought before future hearings, according to legal experts.

The US House Oversight Committee’s renewed probe into the Epstein Files stalled on Monday after Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, refused to answer ...

Hunter Biden would have to answer questions about his business interests if called before Congress, a criminal defense lawyer has said. Adams was reacting to the president's announcement on Sunday ...

A key prosecutor on the classified documents case against President Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a congressional interview Wednesday, declining to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Disgraced former Chicago police detective Reynaldo Guevara invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination more than ...

Hunter Biden may no longer have the Fifth Amendment right to remain silent if called to testify under oath for his actions over the past 11 years after President Joe Biden pardoned the first son, ...

Former Biden aide Anthony Bernal invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a deposition on Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee’s majority and minority counsel.

A lawyer representing the family of John O’Keefe argued that statements by his girlfriend, Karen Read, to the media constituted a weaponization of her 5th Amendment rights, which she now seeks to use ...

Jed I. Bergman and Cynthia M. Jordano summarize the key principles courts generally apply in deciding whether to permit Fifth Amendment adverse inferences in civil suits against corporate defendants.