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NO, because the purpose of legislative immunity is to protect the General Assembly from intimidation by the executive and judicial branches of government and private parties, it does not apply to a statement made or other action taken by a legislator against another legislator is INCORRECT.

While the doctrine of legislative immunity developed primarily as a means of protecting the legislative branch from intimidation by the executive and judicial branches of government and private parties rather than as a means of protecting legislators from intimidation by their peers, the mere fact that one legislator has made a statement against or taken an action against another legislator does not void the acting legislator's right to legislative immunity. Whether legislative immunity applies will depend on whether the statement in question, the accusation of bribery in this hypothetical situation, was made within the "sphere of legitimate legislative activity."

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