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Ron DeSantis: “The fact that he took the Fifth Amendment either means he's…”

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One is, if you've been given a pardon, you typically then don't go invoke the fifth Amendment. You actually can be compelled to testify if you don't have an underlying legal risk from the conduct at issue. So The fact that he took the Fifth Amendment either means he's subject to contempt of Congress, which they could potentially pursue, or he's acknowledging that Biden's pardon didn't necessarily cover all the potential lines of inquiry. So that's more of a federal question there. Now, the question on the states is this. You would have to have two things. One, you. (00:14–00:30)

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Asserts that taking the Fifth Amendment suggests potential contempt of Congress or incomplete coverage by Biden's pardon.

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