White House logs show 8-hour gap in Donald Trump phone records on January 6
- Lawmakers are looking into whether the ex-president used burner phones or other means to communicate on the day his supporters violently stormed the Capitol
- The gap raises questions of whether Trump purposefully circumvented official channels to avoid records
US lawmakers investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol have identified a roughly eight-hour gap in official records of then-president Donald Trump’s phone calls as the violence unfolded and his supporters stormed the building, according to a person familiar with the inquiry.
The gap extends from a little after 11am to about 7pm on January 6, 2021, and involves White House calls, according to the person, who was not authorised to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation and spoke to Associated Press on Tuesday on the condition of anonymity.
It is unclear if that gap includes White House cellphones.
It is widely known that Trump had conversations on January 6 with Republican lawmakers. House investigators are looking at whether the president was communicating during that time through other means, possibly through personal cellphones, or some other type of communication – like a phone passed to him by an aide or a burner phone.
The committee has subpoenaed cellphone companies for records and is awaiting data. Trump had no immediate comment on Tuesday, but he has previously disparaged the investigation.
