GOODLING IMMUNITY DEAL APPROVED

JUDGE APPROVES IMMUNITY DEAL FOR
MONICA GOODLING IN PROBE OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

(Associated Press) "A federal judge approved an immunity deal Friday allowing former Justice Department aide Monica Goodling to testify before Congress about the firing of eight federal prosecutors.

Goodling, who served as the department's White House liaison, has refused to discuss the firings without a guarantee that she will not be prosecuted. Congress agreed to the deal, Justice Department investigators reluctantly agreed not to not oppose it and U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan gave it final approval Friday.

"Monica Goodling may not refuse to testify," Hogan began his brief order, which said that Goodling could not be prosecuted for anything other than perjury in connection with her testimony."

The immunity deal itself removes her Fifth Amendment right, since it can only be invoked to protect against self-incrimination. So let's hear it, Monica.

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