Roger Stone Invokes the Fifth Amendment and Declines to Provide Documents to Democrat Senate Judiciary Inquiry

President Donald Trump's longtime associate Roger Stone has invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to a request for documents from the highest ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary committee.

In a letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Stone's attorney, Grant Smith, wrote that his client is declining to provide the documents because the scope of the request is too broad, and he does not want them to be used for private testimony. "Mr. Stone decries secrecy.

President Donald Trump's longtime associate Roger Stone has invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to a request for documents from the highest ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary committee. In a letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Stone's attorney, Grant Smith, wrote that his client is declining to provide the documents because the scope of the request is too broad, and he does not want them to be used for private testimony. "Mr. Stone decries secrecy.