As rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, several leading Fox News pundits and Donald Trump’s eldest son all voiced desperate concerns that the former president was doing nothing to quell the violence and protect those in the building, according to damning text messages unveiled Monday night by the select committee investigating the attack. 



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Revelation of texts comes as committee votes to support contempt of Congress charge for Meadows

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Trump Jr sent desperate texts to Mark Meadows during Capitol riot urging Trump to act

WASHINGTON - Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows received a series of text pleas from members of the conservative-leaning media during the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol urging him to persuade then-President Donald Trump to tell supporters to go home. The following texts were made public in a meeting of the House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the

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Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham, Brian Kilmeade and Sean Hannity implored the White House to step in as rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.

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Fox News hosts Ingraham, Kilmeade, Hannity, as well as Trump Jr., urged Meadows to help stop Jan. 6 riot, committee says

The committee argued that Meadows was "uniquely" situated to aid their inquiry.

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Texts show Trump. Jr. Fox News hosts pleaded with Meadows: Get Trump to stop Capitol attack

Rep. Liz Cheney reads aloud texts sent to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows during the January 6 riot on the Capitol. The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot is moving forward with criminal contempt proceedings against Meadows after he halted cooperation with the panel.

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Liz Cheney reveals multiple Fox News hosts texted Meadows Jan. 6

“Mark, the president needs to tell people in the Capitol to go home,” Fox News’ Laura Ingraham wrote. “This is hurting all of us. He is destroying his legacy.”

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Fox News hosts begged Mark Meadows to urge Donald Trump to halt January 6 attack texts show

Several Fox News hosts attempted to prod President Trump to intervene when his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to text messages revealed by the House committee investigating the attack.

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Texts reveal Fox News hosts, Don Jr. begged Meadows to get Trump to act on Jan. 6 riot

By Jeremy Herb and Ryan Nobles, CNNThe House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol released new text messages obtained from former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that were sent to him in the days leading up to the insurrection and while the Capitol was under siege.The messages were read by committee members on the House floor Tuesday during debate over referring a criminal contempt of Congress again…

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'Need to end this call': January 6 committee reveals new text messages to Meadows on House floor - Local News 8

By Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNNThe House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot voted Monday night to hold former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt.The vote came as the committee revealed texts between Meadows and lawmakers, Fox News personalities, and Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., about the urgency for Trump to stop the siege.Those texts, as several members of the committee noted, were …

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

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

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Fox News hosts urged Meadows to have Trump stop Jan. 6 violence, texts show

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Meadows texts show Hannity, Don Jr. wanted Trump to stop Jan. 6 riot

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