

Trump entered the Oval Office at 11:08 a.m. The following account is based on testimony, timelines and eyewitness reporting gathered by The Associated Press and The Washington Post and CBS News, and from officials and people familiar with the events who spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity. 6 - in texts, tweets, videos, calls and other conversations. Details may still turn up the former president was known to use various cell phones and often bypassed the White House switchboard, placing calls directly.Īnd over the past four-plus months a lot has surfaced about what Trump did do and say on Jan. to about 7 p.m., according to two people familiar with the congressional investigation into the riot.

There’s a gap in the official White House phone notations given to the House committee investigating Jan. READ MORE: Federal Judge says Trump likely committed crimes during 2020 election 6, 2021.īut for all that is known about the day, piecing together the words and actions of Donald Trump over that time has proved no easy task, even though a president’s movements and communications are closely monitored. All of that chaos unfolded over about eight hours on one day: Jan. Capitol, the breaking in, the beating of cops, the “hang Mike Pence” threats, the lawmakers running for their lives, the shooting death of rioter Ashli Babbitt. The defeated president’s incendiary speech, the march by an angry crowd to the U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) - A lot is known about the few hours that shook American democracy to the core.
