• Investigation Trump took confidential documents with him when leaving the White House

White House

records

provided to the legislative committee investigating the Capitol assault have a gap of

7 hours and 37 minutes

when it comes to calls received or made that day by then-

US

President Donald Trump.

This is indicated by documents obtained by

The Washington Post

and the CBS network, which have released its content this Tuesday.

Both media indicate that there are no entries in the

White House

files of any calls received or made from the former president's phone (2017-2021) from 11:17 a.m. to 6:54 p.m. local time on January 6, 2021.

In that interval, hundreds of supporters of the then president broke into the headquarters of the

US

Congress while a joint session of the two chambers was held to ratify the victory of the Democrat and now president, Joe Biden, in the 2020 elections, in which stood up to

Trump

.

According to

The Washington Post

and CBS, the

US National Archives

this year delivered 11 pages of

White House

records , with the president's official diary and call logs from the presidential mansion's switchboard, to the

House

committee. who investigates the

attack on the Capitol

.

Those records show that

Trump

was active on the phone for part of the day, speaking to at least eight people in the morning and 11 in the afternoon.

conflicting versions

That gap of more than seven hours contrasts with reports in the media that

Trump

spoke with his allies while the assault was taking place, such as with Senator

Mike Lee

and the Republican minority leader in the House of Representatives,

Kevin McCarthy

.

Two people familiar with the legislative investigation tell

The Washington Post

and CBS that the committee is now trying to find out whether

Trump

communicated that day through secondary channels, such as aides' phones or disposable devices.

The investigating commission is also trying to confirm that it has indeed received the complete records from the White House.

Possible "hiding" of the White House

A member of that committee has indicated that they are carrying out investigations into the possibility of "a concealment" by the

White House

of the telephone records, while another person familiar with the work of the commission affirmed that this vacuum has raised "a intense interest" among lawmakers.

In the calls that do appear in those documents, there are two conversations between

Trump

and his former adviser

Steve Bannon

, who the day before had said in a podcast: "All hell is going to break loose tomorrow."

In one of those calls,

Bannon

urged

Trump

to continue pressuring his vice president,

Mike Pence

, to block the ratification of

Biden

's victory in Congress , sources familiar with the content of that conversation have revealed to

The Washington Post

and CBS. .

Trump

used multiple phones when he was in the

White House

: sometimes when he made calls, the number that appeared on the receiver's device was that of the

White House

switchboard ;

in another, s were other numbers;

and sometimes none, according to these sources.

In a statement late Monday, the former president said he has "no idea" what a burner phone is.

"I've never seen that expression," he settled.

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