The selection committee of the Chamber that is investigating 6th of January uprising in Capitol called the phone records of a mother whose son works for right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as the panel tries to figure out Infowars presenter’s role before the riots.
Court documents filed Sunday show the commission called for records of Annette Schroyer, the mother of Jones employee Owen Schroyer, who was accused of trespassing on Capitol Hill during last year’s riots.
Annette Schroyer accused the commission of abuse of power and asked a judge to allow her to join Jones’ pending lawsuit against the commission. Politico. Jones sued the House committee in December last year in an attempt to block summonses issued to him.
Court documents filed Sunday show the commission called for records of Annette Schroyer, the mother of Jones employee Owen Schroyer, who was accused of trespassing on Capitol Hill during the riots. Pictured: Owen Schroyer of InfoWars was removed from a public impeachment hearing at the Capitol Hill House Judicial Committee on December 9, 2019.
The mother was notified of the summons on Feb. 10, and Verizon said it would provide phone records of Annette Schroyer unless she filed a lawsuit by Feb. 28. The elected committee declined to comment.
Jones’ lawyer, Norman Patis, said in court documents that Owen Schroyer “will properly defend the Fifth Amendment” against attempts by the House of Representatives committee to obtain his records. It is unclear whether the commission called his phone records.
Owen Shroyer, who hosts The War Room With Owen Shroyer for the Jones-run website, has been charged with crimes, including hooliganism and entering a restricted area of the Capitol.
According to court documents, he was seen from the west side of the Capitol next to the inauguration scene, as well as at the top of the stairs on the east side of the Capitol. He is not accused of entering the Capitol building.
Owen Schroyer is one of the few Jones-linked people accused of the Capital Hill riots.
Annette Schroyer accused the commission of abuse of power and asked a judge to allow her to join Alex Jones’ pending lawsuit (pictured) against the commission, Politico reported. Jones sued the House committee in December last year in an attempt to block summonses issued to him.
Jones said Monday that he had appeared before the House of Representatives election commission investigating the Jan. 6 case. Capitol riots – and referred to the Fifth Amendment “almost 100 times”.
Speaking on Monday at InfoWars, Jones confirmed that he had just completed a virtual interview with the commission on the attack on the nation’s Capitol building after the president’s rally. Donald Trump outside the White House.
The right-wing broadcaster was urged by the commission to provide testimony and recordings of the event after speaking at a rally in Washington. DC the day before, and was also in contact with the organizers of the rallies on January 6.
However, Jones has not been charged with entering the building at any time and has not been charged with any criminal activity.
In the online broadcast, he also denied knowing about plans for rioting violence.
“I went there to have a peaceful political rally, to put peaceful political pressure on Congress,” Jones said. “It’s a terrible historical fiasco and I wish it had never happened.”
Jones said he “wanted” to answer the commission’s “generally reasonable” questions about the Capitol incident, but refrained from fearing that political enemies in the panel could accuse him of perjury.
“My lawyer told me, almost 100 times today …: ‘On the advice of a lawyer, I stand up for my right to remain silent on the Fifth Amendment.’ And the media tells you that it’s because you’re guilty or because you’re going to hide.
Jones described the January 6 circumstance as “a big blur,” adding: “About half of the questions I didn’t know the answer to, and a bunch of them, were emails I had never seen and planning things I had never seen.” At least from memory.
On the show, Jones spoke about Democrat Adam Schiff, a member of the committee, saying he was “known for making fake quotes” and could use Jones’ testimony against him.
Jones described the January 6 circumstance as “a big blur,” adding: “About half of the questions I didn’t know the answer to, and a bunch of them, were emails I had never seen and planning things I had never seen.” At least from memory.
Jones said the commission showed him emails and text messages from organizers during its session – some of the thousands of recordings investigators received from dozens of witnesses during their long investigation.
He said he “did nothing and did not plan violence”.
In a previous show, Jones said the White House had asked him to “lead the march” to the Capitol.
The right-wing broadcaster was urged by the commission to provide testimony and recordings of the event after he spoke at a rally in Washington the day before, and was also in contact with the organizers of the January 6 rallies. Pictured: Jones at the National Mall on January 6th
But on Monday’s show, he said he had never supported efforts to enter the Capitol and that his main point of contact was fundraising for Trump’s Caroline Wren campaign, which helped organize a rally in front of the White House on January 6.
He reiterated that one million people had attended the march and the event had become “impossible to control”.
As for the rebels who were seen breaking into the Capitol building, Jones said: “It was so stupid and so stupid. I did not support him that day and I do not support him now.
Jones is one of dozens of supporters and allies of the former president’s Trump who have testified before the commission in recent weeks as the investigation continues to consider rallies that led to the attack.