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NEWS Elon Musk and others LOSE their bid to duck depositions in DOGE litigation. Judge doubts protections for "high-ranking government officials" for multiple reasons. It's unclear they ever had that status, and Musk "left government service." Doc buff.ly/uhpSOTz

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Hmmm seems like never actually holding a position in the government despite acting with ultimate authority in execution has come back to bite Elon in the ass

From Grok: Yes, a person can plead the Fifth Amendment in a civil case (deposition or trial) to avoid self-incrimination, but unlike in criminal cases, doing so can have severe consequences.

In a civil suit, a jury is allowed to draw adverse inferences from a refusal to testify. The privilege against self-incrimination only applies in a criminal prosecution. He doesn't have to answer, but then that can be used against him (at least in most jurisdictions).

They effed up Social Security dot gov as expected. Many of us can’t verify their identity bc after verifying ID, photo & SS #, the site says “We couldn’t match you to this (phone) number”. I have to wait months for a phone verification follow up.