Investigators who want to know what Trump did at the time know that he made many phone calls during the crucial hours of the attack, the newspaper said. But they also found no evidence of log data tampering. It is well known that Trump often calls from his personal phone, from those close to him, or from those close to him. According to the New York Times, Trump used to avoid recording communications.
The low number of calls placed on official White House telephones is a major obstacle to the commission’s most important task: determining what Trump was doing behind closed doors at the crucial moments of his supporters storming the Capitol. The committee is still awaiting material from the National Archives and from telecom companies that have been ordered to transfer call data from the private phones of Trump and his entourage.
With the intrusion, Trump supporters wanted to avoid confirming Joe Biden’s victory in the late 2020 presidential election. The Democratic-controlled House committee is investigating the role the White House played in the riots.
‘Potential documents washed in White House toilets’
This is not the first time that complaints have been raised about Trump’s handling of documents and records during his presidency. The 1978 law requires all US presidents to submit all emails, letters, and other business documents to the US National Archives.
According to a new book by New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman, “The Man of Confidence,” White House staffers regularly encountered toilets that had become clogged with crinkled paper. Haberman wrote that they suspected Trump was trying to scan the torn documents.
Trump has already denied the news, calling it a “false story” “made up by a reporter” with the aim of “drawing attention to a book composed primarily of fiction.”
In any case, the case raises questions about the way Trump handled official documents as president. And several media outlets reported, yesterday, that the National Archives (NARA) asked the judiciary to investigate 15 boxes of documents that Trump was going to take to Mar-a-Lago in Florida after leaving the White House. The boxes are said to contain messages from Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
A week ago, the National Archives also reported that Trump tore up some official documents. Some of these pieces were glued together again when moved to the archive.
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