Stone invokes the Fifth Amendment throughout January 6 committee deposition
Reporting and findings
- documented
Stone said he invoked the Fifth Amendment to each substantive question in his January 6 committee deposition and refused to produce requested documents. He called the inquiry political. The committee later stated it did not rely on adverse inferences from Stone or other witnesses invoking the constitutional privilege, so the invocation is not encoded as evidence of guilt.
- CBS News: Roger Stone says he invoked Fifth Amendment before January 6 committeeStone account of invocation, document refusal, and political response
- United States Government Publishing Office: Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States CapitolExecutive Summary pages 117–119: named Fifth Amendment witnesses and committee no-adverse-inference statement
Summary and current status
He declined substantive answers and asserted that the investigation was political; the committee said it drew no adverse inference from Fifth Amendment use.
Deposition completed without substantive testimony
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpDonald Trump network root
- Roger Stonelongtime Trump political adviser and clemency recipient
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumplongtime political adviser and clemency recipientRoger Stone