“Never speak without your legal counsel present.”
IMO, just give name and address, verify anything they show you as far as your ID goes and then say I am not answering further questions, unless you want to run up a huge legal bill. DO NOT TAKE THE FIFTH AMENDMENT. Your taking it CAN be used in a grand jury to establish suspicion of guilt. It cannot be used at trial but if you don’t open your mouth they cannot have a perjury trap unless you lie about your ID.
If they give you that song and dance about establishing a few facts, say if they are facts then you have what you need already. If you get indicted for something, you would have been indicted anyway so why give them more ammo??
Precisely. And I don’t advocate taking the fifth, I said never waive your fifth amendment rights. The first thing police try to do is get you to sign a waiver of your rights, never sign away your rights.