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Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones used his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination dozens of time on Monday during his testimony before the House select committee

investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

On his radio show Tuesday, Jones told listeners that he pleaded the Fifth "almost 100 times." He wanted to answer the questions, Jones continued, but "at the same time, it's a good thing I

didn't, because I'm the type that tries to answer things correctly, even if I don't know all the answers, and they can then kind of claim that's perjury."

Just because someone pleads the Fifth, it does not mean "you're guilty" or "going to incriminate yourself, but it's also just because it can be used to try to incriminate you and twist

something against you," Jones declared. He spoke to investigators remotely, and called the experience "extremely interesting, to say the least." The committee's lawyers were "polite" yet

"dogged," he said, and their questions were "overall pretty reasonable."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book

of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.