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I don't get Levandowski's 5th amendment claim on the privilege log. Doesn't the 5th amendment only stop the individual from incriminating himself?

How can he argue that other people (or an entire company in this case) are not allowed to incriminate him?

Has anyone successfully claimed 5th amendment and forced other people/entities not to incriminate him/her?

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'The statement at issue need not directly implicate the witness as long as it "furnish[es] a link in the chain of evidence needed to prosecute the claimant for a...crime." Hoffman v. United States , 341 U.S. 479, 486-87 (1951).'

http://corporate.findlaw.com/law-library/taking-the-fifth-am...

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