Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)

Rioter who received call from White House ID’D

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A Brooklyn man who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 has been identified as the recipient of a mysterious ninesecond phone call from the White House placed during the riot.

Anton Lunyk, 26, admitted joining the attack with two buddies and is the owner of the phone to which someone at the White House briefly called during the riot, CNN reported Monday.

The mystery call was revealed by former Jan. 6 committee staffer and ex-rep. Denver Riggleman, R-VA., in an interview on CBS News’ “60 Minutes.”

Riggleman, who is promoting his new book about the committee’s work, framed the call as a smoking gun linking the White House to the attack.

But investigat­ors and members of the Jan. 6 committee reportedly downplayed that claim.

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