members of the oath keepers allegedly serving as his security detail. as we now know, multiple members of that organization have been charged with or pled guilty to crimes associated with january 6th. mr. stone has invoked his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination against this committee. general michael flynn has also taken the fifth before this committee. mr. stone previously had been convicted of other federal crimes unrelated to january 6th. general flynn had pleaded guilty to a felony charge also pre-dating and unrelated to january 6th. president trump pardoned general flynn weeks after the presidential leaks and in july of 2020, commuted the sentence roger stone was to serve. the night before january 6th president trump instructed his chief of staff, mark meadows, to contact both roger stone and