Select Committee.

Controversial political operative Roger Stone appeared Friday before the Democrat-led House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying he would assert his Fifth Amendment rights in response to questioning from the panel.

"I don't like to see the criminalization of constitutionally protected political activity," Stone said as he left the U.S. Capitol after pleading the Fifth. "I think it's a slippery slope."

He made no remarks earlier as he headed into the O'Neill House Office Building near the Capitol complex several minutes before his deposition, which was set for 10 a.m. Members of Stone's entourage awaited him in the lobby after he entered the building's secured entrance.

Soon after, he issued a statement through his legal defense saying it would be a costly trip. He attacked Democrats for what he said was an attempt to "frame" him. He said that is why he is asserting the Fifth.

[In other words, send lawyers, guns, and money, Trumpsters.]

"I will invoke my 5th Amendment right not to answer their loaded questions — not because I have done anything wrong — but because I recognize the whole thing as an elaborate trap," Stone said in the statement.

Stone, through his attorney, had already said he would comply with the subpoena but respond to each question from the committee by asserting the Fifth Amendment.

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