A vast trove of Mark Meadows’ text messages obtained by CNN show how Trump’s White House chief of staff played a key role in attempts to overturn the 2020 election results
Washington CNN has obtained 2,319 text messages that former President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sent and received between Election Day 2020 and President Joe Biden's January 20, 2021 inauguration.
The vast trove of texts offers the most revealing picture to date of how Trump's inner circle, supporters and Republican lawmakers worked behind the scenes to try to overturn the election results and then reacted to the violence that effort unleashed at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Reached for comment by CNN, Lindell confirmed the text was his. He told CNN that he has not spoken to Meadows since before January 20, 2021, and that at the time he was"just trying to get an appointment with the President."Doubts about election fraudWhile Trump and his allies publicly stuck by their claims that the election had been stolen, behind the scenes, Trump's inner circle -- including Meadows -- expressed some doubts.
In response to CNN's request for comment, Brooks said he had"no regrets" about his speech on January 6 and that he was"shocked" by the violence. "I had no inkling," Brooks added.Cruz, a Texas Republican who pushed a plan inside the Senate that would have delayed certification of the election, exchanged just a few messages with Meadows -- links to his statements posted to social media.
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