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Pete Hoekstra: “Yes. We invited the gentleman to participate at our hearing and he indicated that if he came to the committee, he would…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 1998
Yes. We invited the gentleman to participate at our hearing and he indicated that if he came to the committee, he would invoke his rights under the Fifth Amendment and he would refuse to reply; going to your chart, he would refuse to reply on the grounds that it might incriminate him.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing a witness's refusal to testify at a committee hearing.

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