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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