Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward refused to answer questions during the deposition of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, an attorney for the panel revealed during a court hearing in Phoenix.
, an attorney for the panel revealed Tuesday during a court hearing in Phoenix.
Ward attorney Laurin Mills cast the phone records fight as one with major implications for democracy, on par if not bigger than the violent insurrection that unfolded at the Capitol. The House Committee investigating the attack on the Capitol is seeking phone records from just before the November 2020 election to Jan. 31, 2021. That would include a period where Ward was pushing for former President Donald Trump’s election defeat to be overturned and while Congress was set to certify the results.
Ward is hardly the first witness to refuse the committee’s questions. Others who have asserted their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination include Trump allies Michael Flynn, Roger Stone and lawyer John Eastman. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones also asserted his Fifth Amendment rights. "All I can say is if we do this wrong, we will set a precedent that is worse than the Capitol riot," Mills said.Mills told the judge that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has set a briefing schedule and could decide the case as early as January. Columbus noted that will likely be too late, since the committee dissolves on Jan. 3, when the current congressional session ends.
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