NB: Phone call log records compiled by community member harpie. This is a work in progress, subject to additions and revisions at any time without notice.
TIME |
EVENT |
8:06 | SECRET SERVICE alert says roughly 10,000 people were waiting to go through magnetometers at rally, and some were “wearing ballistic helmets, body armor and carrying radio equipment and military-grade backpacks.” |
8:06 | (actual time TBD) Per USCP an individual at the Hyatt Regency, wearing fatigues, was overheard saying, “we are going to storm the FBI at 2PM.” |
8:17 | TRUMP tweets:
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8:44 | ROSEN calls [blank] [Washington DC] [9m] |
8:54 | MORAN calls [toll-free] 877-465-7975 [37m] |
9:00 | PENCE reviews the letter SHORT, HODGSON, counsel Greg JACOB and O’MALLEY had drafted for Pence to send to members of Congress notifying them of his intention to oversee the certification of the electoral college results. |
9:00 | Employees from D.C.’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency teams near the WHITE HOUSE report hundreds of backpacks piled up |
9:00 | At the WASHINGTON Monument, a mob of Trump supporters overrun Park Police |
9:02 | DONOGHUE call from [blank] [1m] |
9:16 | RALLY BEGINS with Mo BROOKS speaking |
9:16 | (actual time TBD) TRUMP and PENCE speak by phone. PENCE explains that he will not do what TRUMP wants him to. TRUMP replies: “You don’t have the courage to make a hard decision.” |
9:16 | (actual time TBD) POWELL files emergency stay application with ALITO in GOEHMERT v. PENCE [EASTMAN’s argument] |
9:46 | (actual time TBD) Trump is with family members and aides at the WH, monitoring the crowd size and reviewing the speech with Stephen MILLER GUILFOYLE: [The growing crowd is] “just reflecting the will of the people. This is the will of the people.” |
9:46 | At the LINCOLN Memorial, Park Police report 500 to 800 people gathered Park Police at WASHINGTON Monument report white male “with a pitchfork” Park Police are instructed to “monitor only. Let it happen unless we have major, major issues.” |
10:15 | Eric TRUMP begins speaking |
10:19 | GUILFOYLE begins speaking |
10:22 | Donald TRUMP, JR. begins speaking |
10:20 | MORAN call from RAIMONDI [4m] |
10:42 | GUILIANI and EASTMAN arrive at the RALLY [from the WILLARD] |
10:46 | ROSEN calls HERSCHMANN [2m] |
10:47 | DONOGHUE call from John DURHAM [Vm Deposit] [1m] |
10:48 | DONOGHUE call from [blank] 0 [2m] |
10:48 | GIULIANI begins speaking |
10:50 | TRUMP’s plan is to leave WH at this time; he does NOT leave until 11:39 AM |
10:55 | EASTMAN begins speaking |
10:55 | ROSEN calls CIPOLLONE [1m] |
10:57 | to 10:59 AM – Fascist TRUMP film at RALLY |
10:58 | Police recover two firearms from an unattended vehicle north of the Mall |
11:00 | to 12:00 PM – Approximately 1 hour LULL at RALLY before TRUMP begins speaking. [TRUMP planned to leave WH at 10:50 AM, but did not leave until 11:39 AM] |
11:01 | ROSEN call from CIPOLLONE [1m] |
11:04 | MORAN call from Jarad HODES [2m] |
11:11 | Police find a vehicle near L’Enfant Plaza with a rifle and scope in plain view, and also two handguns |
11:15 | ROSEN calls Christopher MICHEL [11m] |
11:15 | Approximately 300 Proud Boys are reported on Capitol Complex grounds. Group of Oath Keepers reported near the Washington Monument |
11:25 | Proud Boys meet up on EAST SIDE of Capitol |
11:39 | TRUMP leaves WHITE HOUSE [He had planned to leave at 10:50 AM] |
11:45 | to 12:00 PM – D.C. police respond to reports of a man with a rifle nearby at 15th Street and Constitution Avenue |
11:51 | MORAN call from Christopher GREICO GRIECO [1m] |
Persons by Title:
John MORAN: Donoghue’s COS
Marc RAIMONDI: Acting DOJ Deputy Director of Public Affairs
Eric HERSCHMANN: WHITE HOUSE lawyer
Pat CIPOLLONE: WHITE HOUSE Counsel
Jarad HODES: Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General DONOGHUE
Christopher MICHEL: TBD
Christopher GRIECO: Associate Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Deputy Attorney General-DONOGHUE
Relationship to Callers:
Richard DONOGHUE: Acting United States deputy attorney general from December 24, 2020 – January 20, 2021