White House records from the day of last year’s Capitol riot reveal that then-President Donald Trump did not make or receive any calls on the executive mansion’s phone system for more than seven-and-a-half hours. The records, which were turned over by the National Archives to the House select committee investigating the violence and obtained by the Washington Post and CBS News, show a gap from 11:17 a.m. to 6:54 p.m. — a period that covers the worst of that day’s violence, which forced the hours-long suspension of the joint session of Congress counting the 2020 Electoral College votes.Twenty minutes after the start of Trump’s 11:17 a.m. call, which the records say was made to an “unidentified person,” the 45th president left the White House for the “Stop The Steal” rally that precipitated the riot. The records indicate Trump returned to the White House shortly after 1 p.m. and show no activity by the president between 1:21 p.m. and 4:03 p.m.
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