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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

EXPLAINER: What the law says about presidential records

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Revelations of a roughly eight-hour gap in official records of then-President Donald Trump's phone calls on the day of last year's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol are raising fresh questions about the diligence — or lack thereof — of the former president's record keeping.

The committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot has identified a gap in records that stretches a little after 11 a.m. to about 7 p.m. that day, and involves White House calls, according to two people familiar with the matter.

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