Alex Jones says he met with Jan. 6 committee, pled the fifth repeatedly

Jones said his broadcast remarks as his "unofficial testimony" about the events he witnessed on Jan. 6.

• The committee did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
• During the broadcast, Jones said the committee's questions were "overall pretty reasonable" and then proceeded to recap details of the meeting.
• Jones said the committee had already obtained detailed information of his correspondences, including text messages he'd exchanged with Trump fundraising official Caroline Wren and Cindy Chafian, who helped organize a pro-Trump rally on Jan. 5.
• Jones said that he was asked about his connections to the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers and whether he'd employed them as security, which he denied, saying he'd employed a notable security firm from Atlanta.
• He acknowledged that his Infowars co-host Owen Shroyer has been charged for his actions on Jan. 6 — which Jones characterized as "a bunch of stuff he didn't do." Jones also falsely said Shroyer is "facing years in prison, when in fact his misdemeanor charges carry a maximum of six months, per Politico.

What they're saying: Jones called the storming of the Capitol "so stupid and so dumb," adding that he did not support it.

• "But I don't support that million people that came there, and a tiny fraction went to the Capitol, and they're all being called terrorists," he said.
• Jones also repeatedly slammed the committee as corrupt, adding at one point that, "the whole thing is tainted."
• "I know how the media works. Democrats can run out and murder and kill whoever they want, it's cute and funny and sweet," Jones said. "Republicans do a wrong thing — we're all to blame. Like some crazy person goes out and shoot somebody with a gun, and then all gun owners are to blame."