White House logs that were turned over to the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol have a seven hour gap in Donald Trump’s phone records on Jan. 6, documents obtained by The Washington Post and CBS News reportedly show.
The records, which were turned over to the committee by the National Archives earlier this year, documented conversations Trump had with at least eight people on the morning of Jan. 6 and eleven people in the evening. He spoke with Steve Bannon twice on Jan. 6.
But, there were no notation of any calls placed to or by Trump from 11:17 a.m. to 6:54 p.m. on Jan. 6 while his supporters stormed the Capitol.
Phone conversations that reportedly occurred with Trump during the gap include conversations with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Utah Republican senator Mike Lee, who Trump called in order to get in touch with Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), to get him to stall the certification of the votes.
Two sources told The Post that the committee is investigating whether Trump communicated that day through backchannels, phones of aides or burner phones.
In a statement Monday night, Trump said, “I have no idea what a burner phone is, to the best of my knowledge I have never even heard the term.”
A spokesperson for Trump said he had nothing to do with the records and that he believed all his communications were logged that day, according to the news outlets.
