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January 5, 2022

Jan. 6 Committee Seeks to Question Fox's Sean Hannity over Insurrection
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The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection is
asking Sean Hannity, the Fox News host and close confidant to Donald
Trump, to voluntarily cooperate with its investigation. In a letter, the
committee said it believed Hannity had "advance knowledge regarding
President Trump's and his legal team's planning for Jan. 6." On Tuesday,
the committee released a number of text messages sent by Hannity to
White House officials before and after the insurrection. On January 5,
Hannity wrote to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, saying he was
"very worried about the next 48 hours." Shortly after the news broke
about Sean Hannity's text messages, Donald Trump canceled a news
conference he had scheduled for Thursday on the first anniversary of the
insurrection. The January 6 committee has also indicated it hopes to
speak with former Vice President Mike Pence as part of its
investigation. Meanwhile, Trump is facing two new federal lawsuits for
his role in encouraging the deadly insurrection. One suit was filed by a
U.S. Capitol Police officer, the other by two members of the D.C.
Metropolitan Police.


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