Bottom line is, these guys, Ivanka and Don Jr. and Trump are going to take the Fifth Amendment. Now, let me point out, I don`t ever recall President Barack Obama taking the Fifth Amendment. I never recall Hillary Clinton taking the Fifth Amendment.
McCaskill discusses the likelihood that Trump and his children will invoke the Fifth Amendment during their testimonies.
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