The House committee investigating the Capitol riot has issued a subpoena for phone records of Timothy Enlow, a personal security guard for far-right commentator Alex Jones, who was in Washington, D.C., on January 6 of last year but has not been criminally charged in relation to the riot at the Capitol. Jones has, however, been subpoenaed by the riot panel, and he appeared before them for questioning last month, but he pleaded the Fifth Amendment in response to most inquiries. Enlow was apparently informed by AT&T on February 9 that the riot investigation committee had issued a subpoena for his phone records. Now, Jones is trying to get Enlow added to a lawsuit that he filed in an attempt to block his own subpoena from the panel.
NBC News: President Biden has rejected Trump's effort to withhold information from the Jan. 6 Committee, ordering the National Archives to turn over Trump White House visitor logs to the Committee within 15 days. @NBCNews
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 16, 2022
The subpoena for Enlow’s communication records was revealed in a court filing from Jones this week. Enlow was with Jones in D.C. on the day of the riot, following years of work for the extreme-right figurehead, with whom Enlow joined up in 2018. Jones’ attorney Norm Pattis alleges in that new filing that the subpoena targeting Enlow is meant to get around Jones’s resistance to the subpoena that he faces. As Pattis self-confidently put it, “Jones and Enlow claim that the subpoena issued to obtain Enlow’s communications was merely a back door to obtain Jones’ communications in the face of pending litigation seeking to protect those communications from the [committee’s] eyes.” Apparently, Enlow believes that he’ll eventually be personally subpoenaed by the riot panel for documents and testimony; investigators publicly revealed new subpoenas as recently as this Tuesday. Those subpoenas were for individuals involved in the cross-state scheme to basically falsify electoral votes for Trump in states that Biden won.
The Jan. 6 Committee has issued a subpoena for the phone records of a security guard for pro-Trump broadcaster Alex Jones. https://t.co/rCLThD7lXv
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 16, 2022
Meanwhile, Jones ‘reportedly helped organize the rally at the Ellipse on January 6th that immediately preceded the attack on the Capitol, including by facilitating a donation to provide what he described as “eighty percent” of the funding,’ a press release from the riot panel explains. Notably, Jones “stated that he was told by the White House that he was to lead a march from the January 6th Ellipse rally to the Capitol, where President Trump would meet the group and speak,” that release adds. Questions about direct White House connections to events on-the-ground in D.C. on January 6 have been among those under investigation by the riot committee.
President Biden has rejected a request by former President Trump to shield White House visitor logs from the committee investigating Jan. 6, including appointments for individuals granted entry to the White House complex that day, confirming NYT.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) February 16, 2022
More broadly, but relatedly, committee member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has noted that it’s also under investigation whether violence was essentially “part of the plan” on the part of the Trump team. Schiff suggested that Trump’s repeatedly stated interest in pardoning rioters indicates that the violence was either part of the plan or condoned by the then-president — something that Trump himself has supported with his repeated attempts at excusing what went on. The committee has so far heard from over 550 people and counting, so the investigation has clearly found some successes with moving forward despite attempts at obstruction by Trump and those around him.
Biden orders Trump White House visitor logs to be turned over to Jan. 6 committee https://t.co/apIUtg1BFq
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 16, 2022
