Congress not yet talking immunity for Enron witnesses

Tuesday, February 12, 2002

WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay will become the sixth person to cite the Fifth Amendment and decline to testify in Congress' inquiry. For now, lawmakers reject the idea of offering immunity from prosecution to get them talking.

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