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L. Coyote

(51,134 posts)
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 11:47 AM Feb 2022

Investigators Find Gaps in White House Logs of Trump's Jan. 6 Calls [View all]

Source: NY Times

Sparse call records are the latest obstacle facing the House panel, which is trying to document what President Trump was doing during the attack on Congress.

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has discovered gaps in official White House telephone logs from the day of the riot, finding few records of calls by President Donald J. Trump from critical hours when investigators know that he was making them.

Investigators have not uncovered evidence that any official records were tampered with or deleted, and it is well known that Mr. Trump used his personal cellphone, and those of his aides, routinely to talk with aides, congressional allies and outside confidants.

But the sparse call records are the latest major obstacle to the panel’s central mission: recreating what Mr. Trump was doing behind closed doors during crucial moments of the assault on Congress by a mob of his supporters.

The panel is still awaiting additional material from the National Archives and Records Administration, which keeps the official White House logs

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/10/us/politics/jan-6-trump-calls.html



It's the cover-up, stupid. Here we go again, so Nixonian.





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Flushed. milestogo Feb 2022 #1
Look for the area code for Moscow in the cloud. gab13by13 Feb 2022 #2
House Oversight asks Archives for information about Trump's handling of White House records LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #3
Gawd! Didn't HC get enormous backlash for using a private phone and server? pandr32 Feb 2022 #4
Good greif. she is a nonpenised human. Her jobs are to kowtow to the other group and efhmc Feb 2022 #12
Not only that, but she was on the level. pandr32 Feb 2022 #21
Really, did we doubt for a minute Marthe48 Feb 2022 #5
Subpoena his personal phone records Miguelito Loveless Feb 2022 #6
It's the ghost of Rose Mary Woods, I tell ya! Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 #7
Not to worry because if any of those calls went to the rioters in and around the Capitol on 1/6/21.. Botany Feb 2022 #8
The Capitol has its own cellular phone system, so they possess all the logs. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #28
I think "they" have the time of the call, the length of the call, and the exact location of where... Botany Feb 2022 #34
Yes, phone numbers on both ends. A fair assumption is data collection began as the mob attacked L. Coyote Feb 2022 #35
I think they already know who was calling who. Botany Feb 2022 #37
And every phone number will be investigated to see if the person appears in any photos. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #38
As the attempted violent coup of 1/6/21 was going on TFG's lawyer told him that he should expect .. Botany Feb 2022 #39
#FailedCoupGuy's arerest is now just a matter of time. Drip, drip is now the daily deluge. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #40
Enough bs that this isn't a crime, gab13by13 Feb 2022 #9
Burner phones? Qutzupalotl Feb 2022 #10
The insurrection organizers were using burner phones, talking to Trump family. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #11
So Mr. Kremer are you ready to spend 20 years in prison for the Trump family? Botany Feb 2022 #13
Fat Nixon once again........... Bengus81 Feb 2022 #14
The gaps just happens to be on January 6! Emile Feb 2022 #15
Sandy Berger RETURNED ALL of the documents that he 'took home to study before a hearing on 911'.. TeamProg Feb 2022 #16
Check with the White House plumber and see what was retrieved that day. Vinca Feb 2022 #17
Funny! .. echoes of Watergate__________ n/t TeamProg Feb 2022 #20
Anyone here surprised? Anyone? ANYONE? oldsoftie Feb 2022 #18
It's obstruction of justice to attempt to hide White House activity. TeamProg Feb 2022 #19
He'll probably not get a jail diet behind bars nitpicker Feb 2022 #32
With the evidence mounting, I think DOJ only has one major question left to answer: Mr. Ected Feb 2022 #22
+1 Emile Feb 2022 #27
Now thinking outside the box... Dan Feb 2022 #29
Sorry, the most they could charge him with on that is obstructing a potential investigation nitpicker Feb 2022 #30
20 years sounds about right! Emile Feb 2022 #42
No surprise really. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2022 #23
I'm sure there is a great explanation. He didn't mean to do anything wrong. onecaliberal Feb 2022 #24
There's always a record of phone calls on the main server of the phone co. right? Baitball Blogger Feb 2022 #25
Rosemary Woods lives ... ificandream Feb 2022 #26
From the Nixon era? Emile Feb 2022 #33
Bingo!! ificandream Feb 2022 #43
18 minutes of missing tape NHvet Feb 2022 #31
Nixon's Attorney General went to jail. Let's hope that repeats too. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #36
I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you! Martin68 Feb 2022 #41
K&R ck4829 Feb 2022 #44
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