Trump Jr and Fox News hosts begged Meadows to help stop Capitol attack, texts show
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#5T1MY)
Three of the network's presenters urged Meadows to push Trump to act while Trump Jr said He has to lead now'
Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr and three hosts on the Fox News network begged then White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to persuade the former president to stop the 6 January insurrection despite their public efforts to downplay it, newly released text messages show.
The sense of panic that enveloped the former president's inner circle during the attack on the US Capitol was revealed on Monday when Congresswoman Liz Cheney, vice-chair of a House select committee investigating the riot, read aloud texts sent to Meadows.
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