Eric Trump, Kimberly Guilfoyle’s phone records subpoenaed by Jan 6 committee: Report

The House committee investigating the US Capitol insurrection of January 6, 2021 has subpoenaed and obtained the phone records of former President Donald Trump‘s son Eric and  to-be daughter-in-law Kimberly Guilfoyle, CNN reported citing sources. 

Eric Trump, who is the third child of the former President, and Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is engaged to Trump Jr., were speakers at the January 6 rally in Washinton DC. 

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The January 6 committee has obtained the call details from communication companies, sources told CNN. They show incoming and outgoing calls along with details like the date, time and length. The records also show a log of text messages, but not the substance or content of the messages.

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The records include the numbers of Eric and Guilfoyle, CNN reported. However, there is no indication, official statement by the January 6 committee yet. It cannot be confirmed if the two have directly been subpoenaed for interviews or documents and whether any other member of Donald trump’s family have been called in. This is the first time, the investigation committee has issued a subpoena targetted at the former first family.

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Eric Trump and Guilfoyle played prominent roles in Trump’s “Stop the Steal” efforts. Their records may help the committe to track messages and phone records from others, including former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. 

Donald Trump Jr’s text messages to Meadows were made public by the committee before the latter stopped cooperating.

According to a CNN source familiar with Eric Trump’s thinking about the subpoena of his call records, “He’s not losing any sleep over it.”