Posted on Mar 29, 2022
Trump’s Jan 6 phone records have 7-hour gap spanning riot - follow live
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It has emerged that the White House phone records from 6 January 2021 obtained by the committee investigating the Capitol riot feature a 7-hour gap in Donald Trump’s communications, a span of time that includes the assault on the building by a horde of his supporters.
The news comes after the select committee voted to refer Trump aides Dan Scavino and Peter Navarro to the House of Representatives for contempt of Congress. The panel has also won access to a cache of emails withheld from its inquiry by John Eastman, the lawyer who penned an infamous memo outlining a plan for Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election in Donald Trump’s favour.
In a scathing opinion, the judge hearing the case wrote that “Dr Eastman and President Trump launched a campaign to overturn a democratic election, an action unprecedented in American history” – and that “If Dr Eastman and President Trump’s plan had worked, it would have permanently ended the peaceful transition of power, undermining American democracy and the Constitution. If the country does not commit to investigating and pursuing accountability for those responsible, the Court fears January 6 will repeat itself.”
The news comes after the select committee voted to refer Trump aides Dan Scavino and Peter Navarro to the House of Representatives for contempt of Congress. The panel has also won access to a cache of emails withheld from its inquiry by John Eastman, the lawyer who penned an infamous memo outlining a plan for Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election in Donald Trump’s favour.
In a scathing opinion, the judge hearing the case wrote that “Dr Eastman and President Trump launched a campaign to overturn a democratic election, an action unprecedented in American history” – and that “If Dr Eastman and President Trump’s plan had worked, it would have permanently ended the peaceful transition of power, undermining American democracy and the Constitution. If the country does not commit to investigating and pursuing accountability for those responsible, the Court fears January 6 will repeat itself.”
Trump’s Jan 6 phone records have 7-hour gap spanning riot - follow live
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Mr Trump is known to have made at least two phone calls during the riot.
The first was a call mistakenly placed to the mobile phone of Utah Senator Mike Lee in an attempt to speak with Alabama’s Tommy Tuberville.
Mr Lee recieved the call just after the upper chamber suspended business because rioters had entered the Capitol. He then passed the phone to Mr Tuberville, who Mr Trump reportedly urged to continue objecting to swing state electoral college ballots despite the violence that led Mr Tuberville to end the call because senators were told to leave the senate chamber by police.
The second, a phone call with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, was described in a statement by Republican congresswoman Jamie Herrera Beutler of Washington which was made part of the record in Mr Trump’s second impeachment trial.
Ms Herrera Beutler said Mr McCarthy asked the then-president to “publicly and forcefully call off the riot,” at which point Mr Trump falsely claimed the mob was composed of self-described “Antifa,” or anti-fascist protesters.
After Mr McCarthy told Mr Trump the mob was made up of his people, Ms Herrera Beutler said Mr Trump replied: “Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are”.
During his presidency, Mr Trump was frequently known to use mobile phones — his own or those of staff members and even Secret Service agents — to make all manner of calls, official and otherwise."...
..."Mr Trump is known to have made at least two phone calls during the riot.
The first was a call mistakenly placed to the mobile phone of Utah Senator Mike Lee in an attempt to speak with Alabama’s Tommy Tuberville.
Mr Lee recieved the call just after the upper chamber suspended business because rioters had entered the Capitol. He then passed the phone to Mr Tuberville, who Mr Trump reportedly urged to continue objecting to swing state electoral college ballots despite the violence that led Mr Tuberville to end the call because senators were told to leave the senate chamber by police.
The second, a phone call with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, was described in a statement by Republican congresswoman Jamie Herrera Beutler of Washington which was made part of the record in Mr Trump’s second impeachment trial.
Ms Herrera Beutler said Mr McCarthy asked the then-president to “publicly and forcefully call off the riot,” at which point Mr Trump falsely claimed the mob was composed of self-described “Antifa,” or anti-fascist protesters.
After Mr McCarthy told Mr Trump the mob was made up of his people, Ms Herrera Beutler said Mr Trump replied: “Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are”.
During his presidency, Mr Trump was frequently known to use mobile phones — his own or those of staff members and even Secret Service agents — to make all manner of calls, official and otherwise."...
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