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to be that you have done nothing wrong with respect to January 6th. In fact, we note that yesterday on your Telegram account you wrote that you would plead the Fifth not because you had done anything wrong but, because of past experience, your concern about fabricating perjury charges based on statements made in the deposition today.
Do you understand that the Fifth Amendment protects your right to refuse to answer questions if the truth itself would be incriminating?
A On advice of counsel, I will yet again invoke my right to decline to answer your question respectfully on the basis of the Fifth Amendment.
Q I will just say that all we want is the truth, which, I believe by your own assertion in the public record, you have stated is not itself incriminating.
And so, again, I would ask you: Is your position that, by telling the truth today, you believe you are being made a witness against yourself for prior conduct that you believe you could be prosecuted for?
A On advice of counsel, I will be yet again invoking my Fifth Amendment right pursuant to the U.S. Constitution.
Q And you understand that it is not a valid basis to assert the Fifth Amendment if you do not believe that the truth itself could lead to prosecution?
A Once again, I will assert my Fifth Amendment right to respectfully decline to answer your question.
Q We will note for the record your position on these.
The documents that were called for—excuse me. Exhibit 1 called for the production of documents.
Did you search for or locate any documents called for by the subpoena?
A Once again, on the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer your question on the basis of my Fifth Amendment rights.
