May 30, 2017
Joe Adonis (left) on stand, flanked by his lawyer, was a defiant witness. He was first cited for contempt when he refused to testify last December. This time he again refused to answer most questions of the committee.
Joe Adonis: For reasons better known to me, I refuse to answer that. Rudolph Halley: Well, you are directed to answer that last question. Adonis: I decline to answer the question on the ground it might tend to incriminate me. Halley: Is not the business of that company the conveying of Ford automobiles from the Ford plant in Edgewater, NJ to various places through the east? Adonis: Are you finished? Halley: That is the question. Adonis: I decline to answer.