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By Matthew Chapman On Wednesday’s edition of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” former FBI Special Agent Asha Rangappa outlined the potential consequences of former President Donald Trump’s decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights in a deposition for the New York Attorney General’s probe into his family’s business practices. The Fifth Amendment famously protects the right not to incriminate oneself in legal questioning. But, noted Rangappa, that protection does not apply in civil cases — and could cost Trump a lot of money. “You’re saying while he has the right to plead the Fifth in a criminal probe, it…