Then-U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to talk at a rally in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. (Jacquelyn Martin / AP)
WASHINGTON --
White Home data present an unexplained hole of greater than seven hours within the report of former President Donald Trump's phone calls the day of the lethal Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Submit and CBS reported on Tuesday.
Logs turned over to the Home of Representatives panel investigating the assault confirmed no calls positioned to or by Trump between 11:17 a.m. and 6:54 p.m. whereas his supporters violently rioted on the Capitol as lawmakers had been set to certify Trump's 2020 election loss, the information shops reported.
The 11 pages of data turned over to lawmakers confirmed Trump talked to a minimum of eight folks by cellphone earlier than the hole and 11 afterward, the Submit and CBS mentioned.
A spokesman for the Home Choose Committee investigating the Capitol riot declined remark. A spokesperson for Trump mentioned Trump had nothing to do with the data, and assumed any and all of his cellphone calls had been recorded and preserved.
In depth public reporting additionally cites a number of conversations held by Trump on Jan. 6 with allies and lawmakers. That prompted investigators to probe whether or not he communicated that day by way of unofficial again channels or a disposable cellphone often called a "burner cellphone," the report mentioned, citing two folks conversant in the congressional investigation.
In a press release, Trump mentioned, "I don't know what a burner cellphone is, to the very best of my information I've by no means even heard the time period."
At the least seven deaths have been related to the assault on the seat of the U.S. authorities by 1000's of Trump supporters, interrupting certification of the results of the November 2020 presidential election.
They marched on the Capitol after the ex-president's fiery speech at a rally repeating his unfounded declare that his loss to Democratic President Joe Biden was the results of fraud.
Home Republican chief Kevin McCarthy final 12 months described speaking to his fellow Republican in the course of the rioting, saying he urged the president to name off his supporters and settle for his defeat.
The Home panel on Monday voted unanimously to hunt "contempt of Congress" prices in opposition to Peter Navarro, a former commerce adviser to Trump, and Daniel Scavino, who was a Trump deputy chief of workers.
(Reporting by Susan Heavey in Washington. Extra reporting by Patricia Zengerle in Washington. Modifying by Doina Chiacu, Mark Porter and Matthew Lewis)
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