The rioter who Denver Riggleman, former senior technical adviser for the Jan. 6 Committee, stated was known as by the White Home on Jan. 6, 2021, is 26-year-old Anton Lunyk, CBS Information has realized. Lunyk is from Brooklyn, New York, and traveled to Washington, D.C., the evening earlier than the Capitol assault with two buddies, in response to Justice Division courtroom filings.
The decision to Lunyk's cellphone at about 4:30 p.m. allegedly lasted simply 9 seconds. It isn't recognized whether or not there was an trade or if the decision went to voicemail.
A CBS Information evaluate of Lunyk's courtroom case discovered he left the Capitol greater than an hour earlier at 3:18 p.m., after about 10 minutes contained in the constructing.
Lunyk's lawyer didn't instantly reply to requests for remark. CBS Information has reached out to former President Donald Trump's spokesperson for remark.
Riggleman, who can be a former congressman, stated in a "60 Minutes" interview final week that the White Home switchboard had related a name to a rioter's cellphone the day of the assault on the Capitol.
"You get an actual 'A-ha' second once you see that the White Home switchboard had related to a rioter's cellphone whereas it is occurring. That is an enormous, fairly large 'A-ha' second," Riggleman advised "60 Minutes" correspondent Invoice Whitaker.
"I solely know one finish of that decision," Riggleman stated. "I do not know the White Home finish, which I consider is extra essential."
The information comes forward of the Home Choose Committee's subsequent public listening to on Wednesday. The committee has not but stated if any witnesses will seem or what the listening to will give attention to.
In a collection of blockbuster hearings over the summer time, the committee launched never-before-seen footage from the assault and video testimony from these in former President Donald Trump's internal circle. Witnesses additionally testified in individual about what they noticed or skilled across the time of the assault.
"I feel that it is truthful to say all of us knew that the White Home was one way or the other concerned with Jan. 6 on the very day that the revolt was occurring," Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat, advised CBS Information. "So any details about this specific cellphone name would assist to develop that narrative additional."