The 5th Amendment to the Constitution allows a citizen to not testify against themselves. They can't be forced to basically say anything that would incriminate them. But, the supreme court ruled years ago that you have to invoke the 5th from the start. You cannot start testifying, then when things get nasty, start invoking your 5th amendment rights. What the lady should have done yesterday is say what her name was then immediately state she would be invoking her 5th amendment rights. Because she basically started testifying she no longer has the ability to use the 5th. She really needs to fire her lawyers. I'm not a lawyer and even I know how its suppose to work.
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