The Washington Post and CBS News report that the White House call logs and diaries from January 6 have hours-long gaps as the riot was unfolding.
President Donald Trump spoke on the phone at the White House.
The White House call logs from January 6 show a gap of seven hours and 37 minutes between Trump's calls.
The call logs from that day show multiple calls with former adviser Steve Bannon, who the Post reports encouraged Trump to further pressure Vice President Mike Pence to oppose the election results.
The White House diary from January 6 shows a gap between the Capitol attack and the White House.
The House January 6 Committee is looking into whether or not Trump used his personal cell phone for calls.
A source told the Post that the committee is investigating if there was a coverup of the White House.
In a statement to the Post, a Trump spokesman said he had nothing to do with the records, and the ex-president told the publication he had no idea what a burner phone was.
It has been reported that at least some of the calls were made during the gap in the logs. According to previous reports, Trump accidentally called Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on January 6.
CNN and the New York Times have previously reported that there was a gap in the White House call logs on January 6, but did not say how long it lasted or who Trump called. The call logs were given to the House by the National Archives as part of a larger set of documents the Supreme Court ordered the Archives to turn over. The Archives told the Post in January that many of the records were incomplete or in disrepair, and that only some of the documents included in the collection have been recovered.
As he is already coming under significant legal scrutiny for his acts post- election, it is questionable whether Trump will be found guilty of any crimes related to January 6 and the 2020 election. The judge wrote that he believed Trump's attempts to block Congress from certifying the election results were more likely than not obstruction of an official proceeding. Since the House committee can't charge Trump with any crimes, the Justice Department has not yet given any indication it will do so.
The Washington Post reported that the White House logs show a gap in Trump calls.
More likely than not, Trump tried to obstruct the election.
The Washington Post reported that some records were torn up and taped together.
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