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blanket assertion of the Fifth Amendment was insufficient and, to that point, the select committee is not aware of any basis for you to fail to produce any documents that would be called for by the subpoena.
The chairman's letter also noted that you would need to sit for the deposition and assert objections on a question-by-question basis.
I say all this to let you know that my goal for today is to ask questions that are relevant to the select committee's investigation with the hope that you will answer. If you have an objection or a privilege assertion, we'll ask that you assert it for the record. I will seek to clarify the basis for the objection to see what the contours of it are.
I understand from your counsel that you do intend to assert the Fifth Amendment to each and every question I ask. Be that as it may, I will say that our goal is simply to understand the basis for your objection and fairly evaluate it. And, ultimately, the more detail that you can provide as the basis for the Fifth Amendment objection, the easier it will be for the select committee to understand and consider it.
. I'd note for the record that Mrs. Luria has joined us.
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Q Mr. Stone, where do you reside?
A On advice of counsel, I will be availing myself of my Fifth Amendment rights in all of the questions today, including that one.
Q How old are you?
A On the basis of the advice of counsel, I will yet again assert my Fifth Amendment rights to respectfully decline to answer your questions.
Q Mr. Stone, I understand that you'll be asserting your Fifth Amendment right to each question that we ask today.
I will note that your position from the public record has been and I think continues
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