2 U.S.C. § 193
Privilege of witnesses
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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1947–1986 · leading case: Watkins v. United States, 354 U.S. 178 (1957).
Watkins v. United States, 354 U.S. 178 (1957). “Remote and indirect disadvantages such as "public stigma, scorn and obloquy" may be related to the First Amendment, but they are not enough to block investigation.”
Yellin v. United States, 374 U.S. 109 (1963). “Moreover, § 103 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, 2 U. S. C. § 193 provides that "[n]o witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact .”
United States v. Barsky, 72 F. Supp. 165 (D.D.C. 1947). “, 2 U.S.C.A. § 193 , provides that no witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact or.”
Response to Cong. Requests for Info. Regarding Decisions Made Under the Indep. Couns. Act (OLC 1986). “24 A third provision, 2 U.S.C. § 193 , denies the existence o f any testim onial privilege for a w itness to refuse to testify on the ground that his testim ony would disgrace him.”
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