The chairman of the Jan. 6 House select committee said a report from CBS News and The Washington Post that records from the day of the attack on the U.S. Capitol show a gap in Donald Trump's phone logs of seven hours and 37 minutes is 'concerning.'
The chairman of the Jan. 6 House select committee said a report from CBS News and The Washington Post that records from the day of the attack on the U.S. Capitolof seven hours and 37 minutes is "concerning."
The gap covers 11:17 a.m. to 6:54 p.m. on Jan. 6, meaning there is no record of any calls the president made or received while the Capitol riot was in progress. In its probe of the lengthy gap, the committee is also looking into whether Trump may have used a "burner phone," or a personal disposable phone whose contacts could not be traced.
Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy did not directly respond on Tuesday when asked if he had spoken to Trump on a burner phone during the riot. "Burner phone? My phone," he told CBS News, holding up his cell phone.While the Jan. 6 riot was still unfolding, McCarthy told "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell that he had. "I asked him to talk to the nation and tell them to stop this," McCarthy said at the time.
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