I'm sorry my expressions are beyond your comprehension.
"Could you go to jail?" is a query with a boolean answer--either yes, he COULD (i.e., it is within the possible range of consequences) go to jail, or no, he COULD NOT (i.e., it is NOT within the possible range of consequences).
And, if you notice, Judge Moore answered accordingly: it's up to the judge. He conceded it was within the range of possible consequences.
It's not up to the judge if he COULD go to jail; either the judge has the power to sentence him to jail, or the judge does not have the power.
His answer was clear: the judge could order him to jail if the judge deemed it necessary.
Asked more directly on a different occasion of H&C if he would be willing to go to jail, he said, "If I go to jail, I go to jail." Yup. That time out, there wasn't even a question of whether or not such an outcome was possible.
The next day? These interviews were August 7th and August 8th.
No, he didn't; he merely tried to make it LOOK like he did.
Good grief, learn the difference between "could" and "would."