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Granting immunity in that situation make sense ace but in the situation here this person is not accused of any crime and congress could give immunity for any crimes she may have committed in exchange for her testimony. The problem is she is pleading the 5th not because she has committed a crime and doesn't want to incriminate her self but because she claims the very act of testifying would potentially incriminate her by her perjuring herself. I don't think the 5th should be allowed in this situation. Because the witness is not refusing to testify in order to protect themselves from incriminating themselves in a crime that has happened but instead saying if they testify they will commit a crime.
This would set a dangerous precedence where anyone anywhere can refuse to testify under a fear of perjuring themselves. Thus in any case everyone could take the 5th despite them not being involved in any crime and no one would testify any longer.
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