Gowdy pointed out that her act of sitting there stating her side of the matter amounted to testimony, which waives the 5th (I'm not a lawyer either, but that's as I understood it).
Maybe she received advice from that law professor named Obama. I hear he knows how to ‘take the fifth’ when running the country.
I have used the 5th in court and it was question by question. The court recognized it as a civil right.
Just sayin’
I never testified in front of Congress, that will be the difference.