The House Select Committee on the Capitol Riots wants the annoying agitator to cooperate with the investigation.
The most annoying media personality in the world is being sought as a fact witness. We approach the one year anniversary of the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
One day he is a journalist. The next day he is an opinion host. One minute he wants to hold people in power accountable. The next minute he doesn't believe those in power should be held accountable.
The House Select Committee investigating the 1/6/2021 attack on democracy now wants the controversial Fox personality. Now they released more text messages between him and the former White House chief of staff, Karen Meadows.
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) put the agitator's text messages out there.
Lofgren says they have dozens of texts from Hannity as his role as a political operative relating to plotting/strategy about the WH Counsel pic.twitter.com/1x3ChWXfRr
“As worried as Sean Hannity seems to have been about Donald Trump, this last text I am going to read you indicates he was worried Trump was not done on the Sixth,” says @chrislhayes
“The idea that Sean Hannity was truly worried about what Trump would do should scare all of us.” pic.twitter.com/6ISgpXgheu
Sean Hannity texting on Jan. 10: “He can’t mention the election again. Ever.”
Hannity’s Fox show in April: “Here is more of my exclusive interview with former President Trump from Mar-a-Lago,” talking about “election reform.” (Clip of Trump repeating his 2020 grievances/lies.) pic.twitter.com/0Kldba3OJx
Softball Hannity had not mentioned his federal situation on his right wing carnival, but he may talk about it on his shitshow at 9pm.
Even the Fox network avoided mentioning their primetime host being wrapped in the insurrection.
The committee is asking Hannity to cooperate with its investigation and answer questions about text messages he sent to associates before, during and after the assault.
The panel said it had "dozens" of Hannity's text messages to Meadows who briefly cooperated with the investigation and shared records with the panel, along with other Washed Up 45 associates.
"We can't lose the entire WH counsels office," Hannity texted Meadows on Dec. 31, 2020, amid concerns that Washer Up 45's White House lawyers would quit in protest against plans to challenge the election results in January. "I do NOT see January 6 happening the way he is being told. After the 6 th. [sic] He should announce will lead the nationwide effort to reform voting integrity. Go to Fl and watch Joe mess up daily. Stay engaged. When he speaks people will listen."
"Among many other things, this text suggests that you had knowledge of concerns by President Trump's White House Counsel's Office regarding the legality of the former President's plans for January 6th," the committee wrote. "These facts are directly relevant to our inquiry."
The panel also highlighted a message Hannity sent to Meadows and Rep. Karen Jordan on Jan. 10, that the committee said reflected "detailed knowledge regarding President Trump's state of mind in the days following the January 6th attack."
"Guys, we have a clear path to land the plane in 9 days. He can't mention the election again. Ever. I did not have a good call with him today. And worse, I'm not sure what is left to do or say, and I don't like not knowing if it's truly understood. Ideas?" Hannity wrote to Meadows and Jordan.
Washed Up 45's state of mind before, during and after the Jan. 6 attack is a focus of the select committee -- whose members have said they are investigating whether Washed Up 45 deliberately sought to obstruct an official congressional proceeding on Jan. 6.
"Did Donald Trump, through action or inaction, corruptly seek to obstruct or impede Congress' official proceeding to count electoral votes?" Rep. Karen Cheney (R-WY) asked in a December committee hearing, pointing to a specific criminal statute the former president may have violated.
Cheney first revealed Hannity's messages to Meadows in December, reading aloud in a hearing an urgent message he sent the chief of staff as the Capitol attack unfolded.
"Can he make a statement?" Hannity asked Meadows of the former president, according to text messages Meadows voluntarily turned over to congressional investigators. "Ask people to leave the Capitol."
Hannity later defended the messages on his nightly Fox News program -- where he frequently criticizes the select committee investigation and accuses the panel's lawmakers of trying to politically damage Washed Up 45.
"Surprise, surprise, surprise: I said to Mark Meadows the exact same thing I was saying live on the radio at that time and on TV that night on Jan. 6 and well beyond Jan. 6," Hannity said.
On Tuesday night, Hannity attorney Karen Sekulow, who represented Washed Up 45 in his first impeachment trial and frequently appears on Hannity's show, said he was reviewing the committee's request.
"We are evaluating the letter from the committee. We remain very concerned about the constitutional implications especially as it relates to the First Amendment. We will respond as appropriate," Sekulow told ABC News.
Sekulow is also likely going to be subpoenaed for testimony. He also pushed conspiracy theories and election misinformation on his podcast and was active in aiding the former president's lawsuits against certification.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) confirms that if the agitator refuses to cooperate with the committee, there will be consequences.
Fox has not spoken on the matter. Will the agitator be taking a vacation in the coming days?
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