weaponized by anonymous, politically motivated government sources to peddle fake news. the only entity with the ability to credibly dispute this false reporting, the national archives, is providing no comment. white house records obtained by the january 6th committee do not show any phone calls to or from the former president for several hours after his speech on the elipts that day. including some the panel knows that he made with republican lawmakers. the committee is aware of calls between trump and at least two lawmakers during the insurrection including with minority leader kevin mccarthy, the gap could be because trump was in the habit of using his personal cell phone or cell phone of people around him. and it's unclear whether it could also be the result of incomplete or altered white house records. "the new york times" which first reported this story writes, the sparse call records present a major obstacle to a central