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That only applies when testifying on your own behalf.
That's absolutely not true, you can plead the fifth when testifying as a witness.
In a 2001 Supreme Court case, the justices noted that the right against self-incrimination provided by the Fifth Amendment “protects the innocent as well as the guilty.” The court added that “a witness may have a reasonable fear of prosecution and yet be innocent of any wrongdoing.” The ruling noted that innocent people “might be ensnared by ambiguous circumstances.”
Sure but that only applies when you might self incriminate yourself