Alex Jones of Infowars to invoke right not to testify to U.S. Capitol riot panel- By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) / December 20, 2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist and founder of the right-wing website Infowars, said on Monday said he will invoke his right under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and decline to testify before the congressional panel probing the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
“Jones has notified the Select Committee that he intends to plead his right to remain silent under the Fifth Amendment,” Jones’s lawyers said in a lawsuit filed on Monday against the House of Representatives Select Committee on Jan. 6.
The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects a person from being forced to disclose information to investigators that might subject them to criminal prosecution.
The committee has scheduled an interview with Jones for Jan. 10, 2022, according to Jones’s lawsuit.
