The logs sent to the House of Representatives panel that investigated the attack showed that no calls were made to or from Trump between 11:17 a.m. and 6:54 p.m., while his supporters violently rose up in the Capitol as lawmakers were about to certify Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election, news media reported.
The 11 pages of files sent to lawmakers showed Trump talking to at least eight people by telephone before the gap and 11 after, the Post and CBS reported.
A representative of the Parliamentary Select Committee investigating the Capitol uprising declined to comment. Trump’s representatives could not be reached for comment.
Extensive public reports also refer to multiple conversations Trump had with allies and lawmakers Jan. 6 prompting investigators to investigate whether he communicated that day through unofficial channels, the report said, citing two people familiar with the congressional inquiry.
At least seven deaths have been linked to the attack on the US government headquarters by thousands of Trump supporters, interrupting the certification of the result of the November 2020 presidential election.
They paraded in the Capitol after the former president’s fiery speech at a rally, reiterating his baseless claim that his loss to Democratic President Joe Biden was the result of fraud.
House Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy described last year that he had spoken to his Republican counterpart during the riots, saying he urged the president to withdraw his supporters and accept defeat.
The House of Representatives voted unanimously Monday to pursue accusations of “contempt of Congress” against Peter Navarro, Trump’s former trade adviser, and Daniel Scavino, who was his deputy chief of staff.
(Written by Susan Heavey, edited by Doina Chiacu and Mark Porter)
