information with president trump's lawyers about the russia investigation. stone pleading the fifth this week to avoid testifying before the u.s. senate. let's bring in our analysts. listen to roger stone today defiantly refusing to turn over documents to congressional investigators. >> i have elected to invoke my fifth amendment rights when it comes to the witch-hunt being conducted by the senate intelligence and the senate judiciary committees. just for the record, i informed through my attorneys both of those committees that i would not be turning over three tractor-trailer loads of documents for them to root for, and i will not testify unless i am allowed to testify in public so the american people can hear every word. >> michael, so what do you make of that defiant tone he is striking? >> well, he has been pretty