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Originally posted by Iron Steve
Again, for the non-litigator, in a deposition, what is the "privacy" objection to a question or line of questions arguably designed to obtain relevant information?
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I don't know what the law is on this, but I have instructed a witness not to answer a question in a deposition about where she lived because she was being stalked -- unrelated to the case -- and didn't want her address in the public record. When I explained this to the other attorney, he was initially difficult about it, but after a couple of minutes decided he could live without it.
The people deposing Clinton were not interesting in being reasonable. They were using the litigation as a means to harass a sitting President.
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back when this was fresh, 20/20, I believe (i think it was Cathryn Crier) did a story on people who were actually prosecuted for perjury in very similar (except for the president aspect) circumstances. I can't remember the facts but I recall the story profiled 2 or 3 people who actually served time for very similar perjurious events, eg: they lied about what could be characterized as irrelevant affairs in depos or on the stand.
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Baseball players hit 70 home runs in a season all the time. Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire have done it in the last few years.
