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Not really. You can have immunity forced on you so that the fifth amendment no longer applies. Then they can force you to testify, even against yourself, but they can't use that testimony or anything derived from it against you. The fifth amendment only protects you from being forced to incriminate yourself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kastigar_v._United_States



Has anyone been charged yet in this case? If not, Kastigar v United States does not apply.




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