The call logs were released to American Oversight in response to litigation for records about the government’s response to the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Records from the Justice Department in response to American Oversight’s request for call log records from Jan. 6, 2021. American Oversight sought these records in light of news reports that President Donald Trump initially denied a deployment request to send the D.C. National Guard to respond to a riot at the Capitol Building.

What role, if any, did the former president have in the delayed response to the Capitol riot? And how did the White House and other senior government officials respond to the attack he incited?

American Oversight lawsuit against the Department of Defense, the National Guard Bureau, the U.S. Army, and the Department of Justice seeking the release of agency call logs during the congressional certification of the 2020 election results on Jan. 6, 2021.

Summary: See the latest in our investigations of the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol, the resignation of U.S. Attorney Byung J. Pak, and states’ responses to the pandemic.

FOIA records request to the Department of Justice seeking call logs from Jan. 6, 2021. American Oversight seeks these records in light of news reports that President Donald Trump initially denied a deployment request to send the D.C. National Guard to respond to a riot at the Capitol Building.