And an employee who invokes the Fifth Amendment in response to questions from federal agents who are investigating corporate wrongdoing might be fired as a result. To learn more about corporate and executive criminal liability, follow us on LinkedIn. By using this site, you agree to our updated Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Search Print. The Fifth Amendment can be invoked only in certain situations. An individual can only invoke the Fifth Amendment in response to a communication that is compelled , such as through a subpoena or other legal process.
The communication must also be testimonial in nature. In other words, it must relate to either express or implied assertions of fact or belief. For example, a nod would be considered a testimonial communication for purposes of the Fifth Amendment. So would the act of producing documents or any other piece of evidence; the act of production communicates an implied assertion that the individual possessed the evidence.
Constitution, which states that no person shall be compelled to be a witness against himself or herself. Yet this, in the end, is a book from which one emerges sad, gloomy, disenchanted, at least if we agree to take it seriously.
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