Here’s where things stand for former longshot congressional candidate and current FBI target Justin Lamar Sternad: after he and his attorney conferred with federal prosecutors and an Federal Election Commission expert, Sternad submitted a blank 17-page document as his October quarterly report to the FEC, then subsequently sent the agency a letter invoking his Fifth Amendment rights.“On counsel’s advice, I invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States not to answer or submit the information requested on FEC Form 3, on the grounds that I may incriminate myself,” Sternad wrote in the letter, dated Oct. 19. but filed with the FEC on Thursday. “Please refer all additional inquires to my attorney, Rick L. Yabor.”
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