Grasso Invokes 5th (Regularly) During SEC Depo

Via the WSJ's Law Blog:

Grasso Took the 5th a Lot During His SEC Deposition

June 15, 2006, 8:30 amPosted by Peter Lattman

Former NYSE chief Dick Grasso invoked his Fifth Amendment right to not answer questions more than 150 times in an SEC deposition looking into potentially improper trading on the NYSE, according to a story in today’s Wall Street Journal. The 2005 deposition, along with one taken earlier this year by Eliot Spitzer’s office regarding Grasso’s pay package, was released to the media yesterday...

150 times? Sheesh. More here. And more still, from CNNMoney.

-- MDT