Abraham Unger

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Abraham Unger was a New York attorney who refused to answer Senator McCarthy's questions during the McCarthy era. He was cited and indicted in 1954 for contempt of Congress.

Case

Charges: Contempt of Congress
Sentence: Cited for contempt of Congress Charges as recorded: Contempt of Congress — for refusing, on First/Fifth Amendment grounds, to answer a Congressional committee
Convicted: Cited and indicted 1954

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