OK - getting back to our topic at hand - DO NOT TALK TO GOVERNMENT AGENTS WITHOUT GETTING AN ATTORNEY FIRST!
One of the common criticisms I get from some people for giving this advice is "well, if you didn't do something wrong, then you have nothing to hide." Criticism such as this is stupid and misses the point entirely. As pointed out in previous posts, and as should be obvious now - there is nothing to be gained and potentially everything to lose by making statements to government agents. It is not a question of "if you did something wrong," it is more of this question: "why is the government (State, Federal) interested in you in the first place?
The fact that a government agency wishes to question you is alarming in and of itself. The real question, therefore, is: what does the government think YOU did wrong?
When the question is asked this way, the real situation becomes apparent. You are under the government spotlight. Why? Why are you the one being interrogated? If you are going to be placed into a situation where you are the subject of interrogation and when the other side (in this case the government) will have multiple agencies involved in your interrogation (the police (Federal, State, local) and the District Attorneys' office or Justice Department (after all, the cops are not going to keep your story to themselves, it is going to go into the hands of a prosecutor one way or another, even if the prosecutor simply throws the statement in the trash), doesn't it make sense for you to have someone in your corner?
Shouldn't you have at least one person on your side who is looking out for YOUR interests, and not the interests of the government?
One of the common criticisms I get from some people for giving this advice is "well, if you didn't do something wrong, then you have nothing to hide." Criticism such as this is stupid and misses the point entirely. As pointed out in previous posts, and as should be obvious now - there is nothing to be gained and potentially everything to lose by making statements to government agents. It is not a question of "if you did something wrong," it is more of this question: "why is the government (State, Federal) interested in you in the first place?
The fact that a government agency wishes to question you is alarming in and of itself. The real question, therefore, is: what does the government think YOU did wrong?
When the question is asked this way, the real situation becomes apparent. You are under the government spotlight. Why? Why are you the one being interrogated? If you are going to be placed into a situation where you are the subject of interrogation and when the other side (in this case the government) will have multiple agencies involved in your interrogation (the police (Federal, State, local) and the District Attorneys' office or Justice Department (after all, the cops are not going to keep your story to themselves, it is going to go into the hands of a prosecutor one way or another, even if the prosecutor simply throws the statement in the trash), doesn't it make sense for you to have someone in your corner?
Shouldn't you have at least one person on your side who is looking out for YOUR interests, and not the interests of the government?
NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS BLOG IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE NOR
IS IT INTENDED TO BE LEGAL ADVICE. IF
THE READER HAS ANY LEGAL QUESTIONS, PLEASE REFER TO AN ATTORNEY.
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