Well sure.
I’m not claiming that’s what she did her though. She hasn’t said I retract what I said in defense of myself. No, she wants that to stand.
The point I was making to someone else a moment ago is that you can’t simply address the issues you want to, then claim the fifth for anything you don’t want to address.
You either completely refuse to be interviewed, or you open yourself up to be interviewed about everything.
That statement of hers was an act of testifying. She can’t all of a sudden refuse to testify on the parts she doesn’t want to testify about. She can’t have it both ways.
It seems Contempt of Congress is a reasoned charge here.
I’m not an attorney. Perhaps someone can set me straight if I’m wrong.
Rep Goudy was a Federal Prosecutor and he said that in giving her statement she had waived her right to claim the 5th.