> you have to answer all of the opposing side's questions truthfully
What if you don't know the answer, are only probabilistically sure of the answer, or the answer isn't a simple yes or no?
I see lots of courtroom videos and congress videos where the idiot keeps pressing for a "yes or no" but the reality of the universe is that lots of things are more nuisanced than just a yes or no.
Not a lawyer, but I am not sure that is entirely true.
Theoretically, if on the stand they asked SBF if he stole candy from the baby next door, I think he could take the fifth with regards to that questioning because it is for a different crime?
What if you don't know the answer, are only probabilistically sure of the answer, or the answer isn't a simple yes or no?
I see lots of courtroom videos and congress videos where the idiot keeps pressing for a "yes or no" but the reality of the universe is that lots of things are more nuisanced than just a yes or no.