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Vitter might take the Fifth

D.C. Madam trial set to kick off Monday

SOURCE: Bruce Alpert // New Orleans Times-Picayune

7 Apr 2008 // An attorney who has represented Sen. David Vitter, R-La., told a federal judge Friday that a client of his who was subpoenaed by the defense to testify in the so-called D.C. Madam case would assert his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination if the court insists he appear as a witness.

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