Trump Confidant Stone Pleads Fifth in Capitol Riot Probe

Former President Donald Trump’s longtime confidant Roger Stone said Friday he invoked his Fifth Amendment right to not answer questions when he appeared before a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

“I did my civic duty and I responded as required by law,” Stone said as he left the deposition. “I invoked my Fifth Amendment rights to every question, not because I have done anything wrong, but because I am fully aware of the House Democrats’ long history of fabricating perjury charges on the basis of comments that are innocuous, immaterial or irrelevant.”

Stone ...