"In response to the recently served subpoena from the Select Committee, Mr. Stone has directed me to advise you that, as further discussed below, pursuant to the rights afforded him by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, he declines to be deposed or produce documents," Stone attorney Grant J. Smith wrote to the committee.
The letter asserts that there is "no question" the Fifth Amendment provides Stone the "Constitutional right to decline to respond to questions." Smith added that the Select Committee’s demand for documents is "overreaching" and concluded the request is too "wide-ranging to be deemed anything other than a fishing expedition."
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"Moreover, responding to the extensive requests requires the preparation of a detailed index and log describing the contents of the production, which in and of itself would be protected from disclosure by the U.S. Constitution," the letter goes on. "Thus given that Mr. Stone has been characterized in the press as under investigation by the DOJ and the FBI, responding to the document demand, which is plainly designed to elicit information about the existence of potentially incriminating evidence, would amount to a testimonial act, defeating the privilege being asserted."
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The letter stated that the committee’s intention of examining events leading up to the January 6 riot "falsely implies that the exercise of First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and association and the right to petition the government for redress of grievances caused the illegal acts of January 6."
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Stone was one of five new witnesses recently subpoenaed by Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson's committee, as the panel announced he "helped or had knowledge of the planning and financing of the rallies in D.C. and the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol."
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Stone told Fox Nation's "Tucker Carlson Today" that he had a premonition not to attend President Trump's speech that preceded the unrest at the Capitol.
"I had a feeling. I had an intuition I just did not want to go. I think that God was giving me a signal, I didn't go," Stone expressed, claiming that he instead watched Trump's speech on the Ellipse from a block away at the Willard Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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"Let me be as clear as I possibly can. Any claim, or assertion, or implication that I either knew about or I was involved in any way in the illegal activities of the Capitol on January 6 is categorically false," Stone maintained.
"But if you read their subpoena… they're trying to say that my remarks at two legally permitted rallies the day before are the cause of the break-in."
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