Factual error: The 5th Amendment to the Constitution simply states that "No person... shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself." There is no actual or implied provision that means once you have answered a question, you can't plead the 5th on any subsequent questions, as the movie depicts.
Miss Sloane (2016)
Directed by: John Madden
Starring: John Lithgow, Jessica Chastain, Alison Pill, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Wilson Barnes
Factual error: Lobbyists (or any other private citizen) are not subject to Senate Ethics rules. Only actual senators are. Sloane committed no offence in organising an expensive vacation for a senator. The senator did by accepting it, though.
Elizabeth Sloane: Lobbying is about foresight. About anticipating your opponent's moves and devising counter measures. The winner plots one step ahead of the opposition. And plays her trump card just after they play theirs. It's about making sure you surprise them. And they don't surprise you.
Elizabeth Sloane: Career suicide's not so bad when you consider the alternative is suicide by career.
Esme Manucharian: You crossed the line when you stopped treating people with respect. You're smart enough to know that. You just don't care.
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