Conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones said on his show Tuesday that he was deposed by the House committee investigating Jan. 6 and that he exercised his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination “almost 100 times.”
Jones said he testified remotely on Monday “and it was extremely interesting, to say the least.”
“The questions were overall pretty reasonable. And I wanted to answer the questions. But at the same time, it’s a good thing I didn’t,” he said, adding that his lawyer “told me almost 100 times today during the interrogation, ‘on advice of counsel I am asserting my Fifth Amendment right to remain silent.’ And the media tells you that’s because you’re guilty, or because you’re going to incriminate yourself but it’s also just because it can be used to try to incriminate you and twist something against you.”
In a letter to Jones last month, the committee’s chair, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said the committee had evidence that Jones was involved in planning and funding the rally at the Ellipse immediately before the Jan. 6 riot and that he was supposed to lead rallygoers to the Capitol that day.
Haley Talbot and Kyle Stewart contributed.
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