
What Mark Meadows’ Phone Taught Us
It’s been quite a week. On Monday, we began publishing a series of stories based on the 2,319 text messages former President Trump’s last chief of staff, Mark Meadows, provided to the House select…
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Meadows Texts Show Wide Cast Of Characters Wanted To Help Overturn Election
When businessman Marty Davis made his way into the Oval Office in mid-December 2020, he brought a blanket for former First Lady Melania Trump. Davis, the CEO of a quartz countertop company…
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Texts Show Former Secretary Ryan Zinke’s Effort To Oust His Rivals
The log of 2,319 text messages that Mark Meadows turned over to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack serves to document an expansive plot to reverse former President Trump’s loss…
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Kari Lake’s Cameo In The Meadows Texts Shows How 2020 Election Denial Became An Enduring Movement
Failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake makes only one appearance in the 2,319 text messages former President Trump’s last chief of staff Mark Meadows provided to the House select committee…
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Texts Expose Giuliani Legal Team’s Divisive Election ‘Circus’ And Requests For Cash
It was just shy of six weeks after the 2020 election and Jason Miller, a top campaign adviser to former President Trump, had a problem. Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, who was playing a…
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Texts Show How Members Of Congress Advanced ‘Antifa’ Conspiracy Theories In The Wake Of Jan. 6
Within two hours of protesters breaking the first barricades at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, right-wing politicians and media figures were already texting President Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark…
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Texts Reveal Four Trump Allies Mixed Requests For Pardons With Big Lie Boosterism
The text messages Mark Meadows turned over to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack show how frantically former President Trump and his allies worked to reverse the results in the…
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Oh, Look: Another GOP Lawmaker Wanted Trump to Declare “Marshall Law” to Steal a Second Term
And in exciting news for democracy, he’s still a member of Congress!
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Inside Trump’s Chaotic Attempts To Overturn The 2020 Vote In Georgia
It was Nov. 5, 2020. Votes were still being counted in the presidential race, but it was looking increasingly grim for President Donald Trump. Mark Meadows, Trump’s White House chief of staff…
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