Meadows texts reveal Fox hosts and Don Jr. begged Trump to stop Jan 6 riot

The January 6 Committee released text messages sent to Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during the Capitol attack. They revealed that Donald Trump Jr. and top Fox News hosts (Hannity, Ingraham, Kilmeade) pleaded with Meadows to get Trump to call off the mob. "He's got to condemn this shit ASAP," Don Jr. wrote. The texts exposed that Trump's inner circle knew he was responsible and had the power to stop the violence, contradicting their later public minimization of the event.

"He's got to condemn this shit ASAP. The Capitol Police tweet is not enough." — Text from Donald Trump Jr. to Mark Meadows on Jan 6