Texting through an Insurrection [View all]
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WAPO 2/16/22
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/texting-insurrection/
Texting through an insurrection
Thousands of frantic text
messages that might have
otherwise been lost to history are
now key to piecing together a picture of
the events surrounding the Jan. 6 attack.
By Jacqueline Alemany, Tom Hamburger, Josh Dawsey and Tyler Remmel
Feb. 16, 2022
The panicked texts started landing in Mark Meadowss phone long before thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to stop Congress from certifying Joe Bidens victory.
Fox News host Sean Hannity shot off a text on New Years Eve a week before the Stop the Steal rally that preceded the violent siege warning the White House chief of staff of mass resignations in the White House Counsels Office.
Dec. 31, 2020
Sean Hannity
We cant lose the entire WH counsels office. I do NOT see January 6 happening the way he is being told. After the 6 th. He should announce will lead the nationwide effort to reform voting integrity.
Received by Mark Meadows
The night before the rally, Hannitys private concerns about the day ahead escalated in another text to Meadows.
Jan. 5, 2021
Sean Hannity
Im very worried about the next 48 hours.
Pence pressure. White House counsel will leave.
Received by Mark Meadows
The ping-pong of private Hannity missives was a far cry from the contents of his show
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