FEDERAL · 2 U.S.C. · Chapter 6
Privilege of witnesses
Current through Pub. L. 119-102
No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting which he shall be examined by either House of Congress, or by any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, or by any committee of either House, upon the ground that his testimony to such fact or his production of such paper may tend to disgrace him or otherwise render him infamous.
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Watkins v. United States
354 U.S. 178 (Supreme Court, 1957)
Yellin v. United States
374 U.S. 109 (Supreme Court, 1963)
United States v. Josephson
165 F.2d 82 (Second Circuit, 1947)
United States v. Barsky
72 F. Supp. 165 (District of Columbia, 1947)
Prosecution for Contempt of Congress of an Executive Branch Official Who Has Asserted a Claim of Executive Privilege
(Office of Legal Counsel, 1984)
Response to Congressional Requests for Information Regarding Decisions Made Under the Independent Counsel Act
(Office of Legal Counsel, 1986)
Source Credit
History
(R.S. §103; June 22, 1938, ch. 594, 52 Stat. 942.)
Editorial Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. §103 derived from act Jan. 24, 1862, ch. 11, 12 Stat. 333.
Amendments
1938—Act June 22, 1938, reenacted section without change.
Codification
R.S. §103 derived from act Jan. 24, 1862, ch. 11, 12 Stat. 333.
Amendments
1938—Act June 22, 1938, reenacted section without change.