- Jan. 6: A Jan. 6 rioter called someone stationed at the White House that day.
- A Jan. 6 advisor said that he had traced a call made by a rioter to get to the White House.
- CBS News reported that he had a real a-ha moment when he received the call.
An ex-technical advisor to the January 6,th Committee stated that a call from the White House may have come on the day before the insurrection.
Dan Riggleman was a former Republican Congressman who served as technical advisor to the January 6, 2006 committee. According to CBS News, “60 Minutes”.He traced a call between the White House switchboard and a rioter while the US Capitol were under siege. CBS interviewed him and said that he didn’t believe the call was accidental.
Riggleman explained to 60 Minutes that he had a “real ‘aha’ moment when he saw that the White House switchboard had been connected to a phone of a rioter while it was happening.” A preview clip shows Riggleman telling 60 Minutes. That’s a huge, very large ‘a-ha’ moment.
—60 Minutes (@60Minutes) September 23, 2022
Riggleman stated in the interview that it was impossible to verify who was calling from the White House. Washington Post obtained White House call logs and found that There was a seven-hour delayThe January 6th records are available. 2021.
Riggleman stated, “I only know one side of that call”, looking worried. CBS reports that Riggleman quit working for the committee in April after he helped to conduct an extensive analysis of phone records and data related to the coordination of insurrection.
On September 28, the committee will hold a public hearing. This could be the last session of previously unreleased witness testimony. The next hearing will be held on September 28th. the panel will hear from Ginni ThomasClarence Thomas’ wife and conservative activist, Judith Thomas
