Speak for yourself.

Thanks Nougat. I appreciate this response. Especially the “MAY implicate” part. It’s a nuance that was lost on me.

Not exactly.

It’s more like saying “answering this question may create a statement that would incriminate myself in wrongdoing.”

The fifth amendment affords you the right to refuse to self-incriminate. In layman’s terms, you can’t be forced to testify against yourself.

The way I interpret this, answering that question would have implicated himself (Epstein) so he did not answer it.

And if it would incriminate Epstein, well, then it stands to reason that the other party (Trump) in that question would also be incriminated by that answer.