As for the issue of privilege, Mr. Saunders couldn't let that rest either, noting that most of Mr. Pellicano's clients in this case had waived their attorney-client privilege (translation--sold Mr. Pellicano down the river), so Mr. Pellicano shouldn't worry about that issue if he decides to testify, it'll be open season on everything that Mr. Pellicano's clients told him.
But even though the committee chairman, Darrel Issa, said that no one should draw any inferences from Ms. Lerner's refusal to testify, it will inevitably be used to fuel the Republican scandal machine.
They can come up and testify and then it will be evidence for you to consider in this case.
In fact, in California the law requires that children 14 and older must be allowed to testify, unless the Court finds it will be harmful to the child to do so.
It will be the first time Novitzky will be called to testify in open court regarding this investigation.
The trial may take years, Silber says, but "it will be broadcast everywhere, in Serbia, and in Bosnia, and witnesses will be called forth to testify.
If and when Christine Blasey Ford testifies, there will be few reassuring faces on the Senate Judiciary committee.
"When we testify ours will be a fairly full presentation in regard to the entire history of that total period," he said.
But the decision on who will be called to testify likely will be made by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Rockefeller of West Virginia and Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, who chairs the subcommittee that will conduct the hearings.
Also testifying tomorrow will be Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Gifford, who miraculously survived being shot point-blank in the head during a shooting rampage two years ago.
