INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. In his testimony to the grand jury, Steve Porter said that the CEO of the Syntex Corporation conspired with the CFO to defraud investors. Therefore, since Porter is in a position to know and has no reason to lie, we can conclude that these officers did indeed engage in such a conspiracy
A) No fallacy.
B) Amphiboly.
C) Appeal to unqualified authority.
D) False cause.
E) Begging the question.
A
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