Posted on 12/20/2021 3:51:37 PM PST by RandFan
Pro-Trump broadcaster and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is suing the Jan. 6 select committee to block the panel from obtaining his phone records and compelling his testimony at a deposition next month.
In the suit, Jones says he intends to assert his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination — confirming a statement he made on his show — and that the committee rejected his offer to provide “written responses” to their questions.
The panel, he says, has asked him to appear for a deposition on Jan. 10 and has suggested it is considering offering immunity to compel his testimony. He also says he doesn’t intend to produce documents, claiming his “journalistic activity” is protected under the First Amendment.
“With respect to his deposition subpoena, Jones has informed the Select Committee that he will assert his First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment rights to decline to produce the documents requested by the Select Committee, asserting that he engaged in constitutionally protected political and journalistic activity under the First Amendment, that the Fourth Amendment guarantees him a right of privacy in his papers, and that he is entitled to due process and the right to remain silent under the Fifth Amendment,” he argues.
The panel is seeking Jones’ phone records from his carrier, AT&T.
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Smart move.
Not a Jone’s fan. But you have to admit he is on video telling people not to enter the capital because it was all a setup.
Why anyone would therefore have the right to treat him like a criminal is beyond me. Nothing more than abuse of power.
And Ray Epps goes free, no charges.
Or, just use the Hillary method: “I don’t remember.”
Headline could read
Alex Jones Comes Forth, Pleads Fifth on 6th.
You’re good....
The minute Pelosi rejected his request to have his Republicans on the sham committee and got rejected he should have told Pelosi to pound sand and stripped Cheney and Kinzinger of all committee assignments.
You are absolutely correct. He’s not a fighter.
It’s not a conspiracy if it’s true.
bkmk
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