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January 6 panel unveils text messages to Meadows from Don Jr. and Fox hosts as contempt charge advances

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By Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN Donald Trump’s son, Fox news personalities and lawmakers texted Mark Meadows on January 6, imploring the then-White House chief of staff to get the then-President to stop the riot at the Capitol — just one of the explosive new details from the House select commi…

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  1. Voice of America

    US House Panel Targeting Trump Aide Mark Meadows in Capitol Riot Probe (opens Voice of America)

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    The congressional committee investigating the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is poised Monday to recommend that Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, be held in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about his role in trying to overturn Trump’s loss...

  2. Washington Examiner

    'Hurting all of us': Meadows texts show Trump Jr. and Fox personalities clamoring for response to Capitol riot (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The House committee investigating the Capitol riot presented text messages that key allies to former President Donald Trump sent to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Jan. 6.

  3. Delaware Public Media

    Rep. Liz Cheney read text messages she said Mark Meadows got during the Jan. 6 siege (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    In the messages, Donald Trump Jr. and Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity urge Meadows to get then-President Donald Trump to tell his supporters to leave the Capitol.

  4. Newsweek

    Sean Hannity fails to mention Jan. 6 texts during Mark Meadows interview (opens Newsweek)

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    Hannity interviewed Donald Trump's then-Chief of Staff Meadows, who the January 6 committee revealed had received text messages from Fox News hosts during the Capitol riot.

  5. Talking Points Memo

    Fox Hosts Frantically Texted Meadows On Jan. 6 Urging Trump To Rein In Mob (opens Talking Points Memo)

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    A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. The House Jan. 6 select committee on Monday night unveiled some truly damning texts flying between former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows…

  6. Local News 8

    January 6 panel unveils text messages to Meadows from Don Jr. and Fox hosts as contempt charge advances (opens Local News 8)

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    By Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN Donald Trump’s son, Fox news personalities and lawmakers texted Mark Meadows on January 6, imploring the then-White House chief of staff to get the then-President to stop the riot at the Capitol — just one of the explosive new details from the House select commi…

  7. NBC4 Washington

    Jan. 6 Panel Reveals Text Messages From Fox News Hosts to Meadows Amid Capitol Riot (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    Laura Ingraham, Brian Kilmeade and Sean Hannity texted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows during the Jan. 6 riot urging him to press former President Trump to call off his mob of supporters

  8. Washington Post

    Fox News hosts urged Meadows to have Trump stop Jan. 6 violence, texts show (opens Washington Post)

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    Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity and Brian Kilmeade expressed alarm, concern, according to messages shared during House select committee meeting.

  9. Rolling Stone

    Compare and Contrast: Fox News Anchors' Frantic Jan 6. Texts to Mark Meadows vs. What They Told Viewers (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, and Brian Kilmeade begged Trump’s chief of staff to get the president to stop the attack, but on the air they claimed the left bore responsibility

  10. Washington Examiner

    Hannity avoids talking about his Jan. 6 text during interview with Meadows (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Fox News host Sean Hannity interviewed Mark Meadows about the Capitol riot committee's investigation but declined to discuss how, hours earlier, the panel revealed a text message from Hannity urging Meadows to get former President Donald Trump to make a statement to stop the violence on Jan. 6.

  11. Hot Air

    Meadows texts show Hannity, Don Jr. wanted Trump to stop Jan. 6 riot (opens Hot Air)

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    The stunning messages, submitted to the panel by Mark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff, revealed that Sean Hannity, Brian Kilmeade and Laura Ingraham — all superstar Fox personalities with enorm...

  12. NBC News

    Fox News hosts texted Meadows on Jan. 6 saying Trump needed to call off rioters, House panel reveals (opens NBC News)

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    The panel's vice chair, Rep. Liz Cheney, revealed texts from Laura Ingraham, Brian Kilmeade and Sean Hannity.

  13. The Week

  14. CBS News

    Fox News hosts urged Meadows to push Trump to stop January 6 attack, texts show (opens CBS News)

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    The messages were among the reams of documents Meadows turned over to the committee before he stopped cooperating with investigators.

  15. Insider

    Sean Hannity urged Mark Meadows to get Trump to 'make a statement' and 'ask people to leave the Capitol' on January 6 (opens Insider)

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    On his show that night, Hannity floated the conspiracy theory that antifa may have been behind the riot. The FBI said it found no evidence to that effect.

  16. Washington Post

    Analysis | Mark Meadows, Fox News and the increasingly brazen whitewashing of Jan. 6 (opens Washington Post)

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    Even as it was revealed that Fox hosts were among those pleading for Trump to rectify his delayed response, one of them welcomed Mark Meadows to rewrite this chapter of history -- without any pushback.

  17. The Hill

    Meadows: 'Leaked' text messages from Fox News hosts have been 'weaponized' by committee (opens The Hill)

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    Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said text messages he

  18. Insider

    Fox News hosts pleaded with Mark Meadows in text messages during January 6 siege, asked for Trump to end the violence (opens Insider)

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    Rep. Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, said the January 6 special committee obtained texts from Fox News personalities on January 6.

  19. CNN

    Analysis: Newly revealed text messages to Meadows undercut GOP whitewashing of the insurrection (opens CNN)

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    Donald Trump Jr. was frantic. Fox News personalities who now dismiss the violence at the US Capitol were begging the White House to do something. On January 6, then-President Donald Trump wasn't listening to his kids or his media enablers.

  20. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Fox Hosts, Donald Trump Jr., GOP Reps Begged Mark Meadows in Texts to Get Trump to Stop Capitol Riot on Jan. 6 (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    President Donald Trump waited hours to call for supporters to end the Capitol riot on Jan. 6. Texts reveal how desperate Fox News hosts and Donald Trump Jr. were to get him to act that day.

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