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Jamie Raskin: “If you get subpoenaed by a court or by Congress to come down and testify, you think you might have a Fifth Amendment…”

On the recordOctober 22, 2021
If you get subpoenaed by a court or by Congress to come down and testify, you think you might have a Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination to invoke at some point, you take all of the questions starting with what is your name, what is your address and so on.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

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Jamie Raskin explains the process of invoking the Fifth Amendment when testifying before Congress.

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