Trump tore up records turned over to House Capitol attack committee

Some of the White House records turned over to the House committee investigating the January 6 attack were ripped up by Donald Trump, the National Archives said.

It also emerged on Tuesday that the former president thinks his own vice-president, Mike Pence, should be investigated by the committee, for failing to reject electoral college results on the fateful day.

The Archives did not say how it knew Trump had torn the records but his habit of tearing up documents has been widely reported.

Lartey and another staffer who taped records were fired by the White House that year, they said summarily.

After a process that reached the supreme court, the Archives gave more than 700 documents concerning the Capitol attack to the House committee last month.

More than 700 people have been charged over the riot, in which Trump supporters tried to stop certification of his election defeat. Eleven members of a far-right militia are charged with seditious conspiracy. More than 100 police officers were injured. Seven people died.

The committee has recommended criminal charges for two Trump associates, the former White House strategist Steve Bannon and chief of staff Mark Meadows. Bannon refused cooperation and pleaded not guilty to contempt of Congress. Meadows cooperated, then withdrew. He has not been charged.