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Fox News Hosts, Don Jr. Texted En Masse To Get Trump To Do Something Amid Capitol Riot

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Fox News Hosts, Don Jr. Texted En Masse To Get Trump To Do Something Amid Capitol Riot
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Fox News hosts, Republican lawmakers and Donald Trump’s oldest son all texted the former president’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, as the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was unfolding, pleading for the then-president to do something and stop the destruction unfolding in the halls of Congress, according to text messages read during a meeting of the House select committee investigating the attack on Monday.

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), a co-chair of the House panel, read aloud a series of text messages between some of Trump’s most vocal supporters and Meadows during a unanimous, 9-0, voteto recommend that the former Trump aide be held in contempt of Congress for his refusal to testify before lawmakers.

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