[Darksheare]

"I'm not saying that the answers would incriminate him," protested Steele's lawyer, thus muddying the question of whether his client was entitled to take the Fifth, "but you leave my client with no choice."

SOooo... his answers won't incriminate him, but the 5th Amendment is being invoked to keep his answers from incriminating him?
That's an admission of guilt there in actuality.

[Dan(9698)]

It has been long established that the 5th amendment does not protect someone from answering a question in a civil case.

Refusal to answer causes a default in the case.