Trump claims ignorance of ‘burner phones’. Here’s how they work

Disposable phones may appeal to anyone trying to hide their identity - whether a criminal or an activist

Let's say you're the president of the United States. You're coordinating with a team of shady lawyers, elected officials, and political extremists to pull off a coup at the nation's Capitol. And let's just assume - in this hypothetical scenario - that you don't want there to be a record of your highly incriminating calls. You'd probably want to use a burner phone.

Investigators are now asking whether this matches what happened in the White House on 6 January 2021. The Washington Post and CBS News reported on Tuesday that a House investigation had found a seven-hour-and-37-minute gap in Donald Trump's official call logs that day, during which hundreds of his supporters unleashed a deadly rampage at the US Capitol.