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'The statement at issue need not directly implicate the witness as long as it "furnish[es] a link in the chain of evidence needed to prosecute the claimant for a...crime." Hoffman v. United States , 341 U.S. 479, 486-87 (1951).' http://corporate.findlaw.com/law-library/taking-the-fifth-amendment-in-front-of-the-federal-grand-jury-in.html http://corporate.findlaw.com/law-library/taking-the-fifth-am...