Meadows texts show Hannity, Donald Trump Jr. wanted Trump to stop Jan. 6 riot

As rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, several leading Fox News pundits and Donald Trump’s eldest son all voiced desperate concerns that the former president was doing nothing to quell the violence and protect those in the building, according to damning text messages unveiled Monday night by the select committee investigating the attack.

The stunning messages, submitted to the panel by Mark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff, revealed that Sean Hannity, Brian Kilmeade and Laura Ingraham — all superstar Fox personalities with enormous conservative followings — and Donald Trump, Jr. were all pressing Meadows to convince the president to intervene during the early hours of the siege.

“He's got to condemn this shit ASAP,” Donald Trump Jr. texted Meadows as the attack was underway.

“I'm pushing it hard. I agree,” Meadows replied.