Damning Texts Show Trump’s Circle Knew Extent of Violence

Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Craig Harrington, a Senior Research Fellow for Media Matters

Newly revealed text messages in on-going investigations of the January 6th riots show that several Trump allies including 3 Fox News hosts implored then-Chief-of-Staff Mark Meadows to urge President Trump to stop the violence.

Representative Liz Cheney, Vice Chair of the Select Committee to investigate the riots read some of those texts during a hearing.

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