basically the case on point was about webster hubble. and it was an example where an investigative inquiry went too far in compelling someone to basically go through and individually pick out the documents that was incriminating. that is to say instead of a blanket request like hey, give us your calendar entries or give us a bunch of documents. it was find these specific incriminating documents. and that goes into why we have a fifth amendment, which is you don t you don t have to incriminate yourself. you can t be forced to do that. it seems unfair. so that s the kind of claim you would make, that the nature of the request is such that you are basical basically, in lawyer speak, they call it testimonial in nature. it s as if you re testifying against yourself. and the committee s argument here will be particularly with requests that are fairly straightforward and broad. no, we re not asking you to do anything yourself. we re just asking you to hand over some basic materials. and t
far in compelling someone to basically go through and individually pick out the documents that was incriminating. that is to say instead of a blanket request like hey, give us your calendar entries or give us a bunch of documents. it was find these specific incriminating documents. and that goes into why we have a fifth amendment, which is you don t you don t have to incriminate yourself. you can t be forced to do that. it seems unfair. so that s the kind of claim you would make, that the nature of the request is such that you are basically, in lawyer speak, they call it testimonial in nature. it s as if you re testifying against yourself. and the committee s argument here will be particularly with requests that are fairly straightforward and broad. no, we re not asking you to do anything yourself. we re just asking you to hand over some basic materials. and they ve said they feel really strong on the law. and it seems the committee has more than one way to get at least some of thi