CNN's Jim Acosta claimed that the text messages read out by the January 6 committee meant the Fox News host were caught red-handed with their 'b***sh**'
Acosta highlighted the different attitudes these texts conveyed compared to what the Fox News hosts had been saying on their show."They have been acting like North Korean state television, lying to their viewers about what happened that day.
"Covering up the deeds of a wannabe dictator, blaming Antifa sympathizers for January 6, and downplaying the violence in the days that followed.Acosta then played clips of Ingraham, Kilmeade and Hannity defending former President Trump as well as Trump supporters. In an Ingraham clip from January 6, she said:"An overwhelming majority of them, more than 99 percent, had to be, were peaceful.The Kilmeade clip from January 11 showed the Fox News host saying:"Donald Trump was not saying go take the Capitol, he was going to go protest at the Capitol.Hannity's clip from January 11 said:"Trump supporters everywhere are now getting blamed for what happened at the Capitol.Acosta closed by concluding that each news host was lying.
Cheney said:"Mr. Meadows received numerous text messages which he has produced without any privilege claim, imploring that Mr. Trump take the specific action we all knew his duty required. "These text messages leave no doubt that the White House knew exactly what was happening here at the Capitol. Members ofShe continued by reading out the text messages, and said:"'Mark, the President needs to tell people in the Capitol to go home. This is hurting all of us, he is destroying his legacy' Laura Ingraham wrote."'Can he make a statement? Ask people to leave the Capitol' Sean Hannity urged.
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