"Rolling Stone said Jan. 6 leaders used ‘burner’ phones" to communicate with top Trump officials. "Where’s the evidence?"
Asks Eric Wemple (at WaPo).
“According to the three sources, some of the most crucial planning conversations between top rally organizers and Trump’s inner circle took place on those burner phones,” wrote investigative reporter Hunter Walker. The contacted associates included White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Trump campaign consultant Katrina Pierson, and Eric and Lara Trump, the article alleged....
Although [January 6th] committee investigators took pains to scrutinize the Rolling Stone report, they failed to corroborate it.... Failing to corroborate a claim isn’t the same as disproving it, but the committee’s interview with [Scott] Johnston torched the account of Rolling Stone’s main source.
Asked about the implications of the committee’s report, the magazine said in a statement: “Three sources alleged in November, 2021 that a key Jan 6 rally organizer used burner phones to communicate with Team Trump. Rolling Stone reported those allegations. Since then, one of those sources has gone on the record. We’ve reviewed the reporting in the original story, and it’s solid.”
Not good enough. Rolling Stone published a juicy story, bursting with clandestine implications, and then basked in the digital reverberations. Now that the sourcing looks suspect, the magazine publishes an unattributed statement and seeks to move on....
Details at the link. The torching of the Johnston account has to do with his naming a particular store where he bought burner phones. The store has no record of the purchase.
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