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City investigators suspected Priya, a city inspector, of taking bribes. They ordered her to appear for an internal interview and told her that refusal to answer job-related questions would result in immediate termination. No immunity was offered. Priya answered questions and admitted that she had accepted cash from a contractor. Prosecutors later sought to use those answers in a bribery trial.
Separately, police obtained a warrant to collect Priya's fingerprints, a handwriting exemplar, and a blood sample. They also ordered Priya to state from memory the passcode to a locked phone and the combination to a safe. Priya refused, invoking the Fifth Amendment. Prosecutors argue that none of these demands are testimonial because they only help police obtain evidence.
Analyze Priya's Fifth Amendment arguments regarding the internal interview answers, physical evidence, handwriting, blood, fingerprints, phone passcode, and safe combination. Explain how this privilege analysis differs from Miranda.