Cheney Reveals Frantic Texts From GOP Lawmakers To Meadows

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🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Any moment the House of Representatives are expected to vote on holding Mark Meadows, Trump’s White House Chief of Staff, in contempt of Congress as they reveal the pain, danger, and hypocrisy happening during the Capitol riots. House select committee member Rep. Liz Cheney released new text messages obtained from Meadows that were sent to him while the Capitol was under siege. Even Fox News hosts were begging then-President Trump to stop the Trump supporters from attacking the Capitol. Promising data has been released on a pill that treats coronavirus as a new variant takes hold around the globe. President Joe Biden praised Pfizer's report that its experimental treatment for Covid-19 cut the risk of hospitalization or death by 89% if given to high-risk adults within a few days of their first symptoms. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So even Fox hosts were begging then President Trump to stop the Trump supporters from attacking
0:08.9	the Capitol.
0:09.9	The lead starts right now.
0:12.2	Any moment, the House of Representatives expected to vote on holding Trump's White House
0:16.2	Chief of Staff in contempt of Congress, as his text messages revealed the panic, danger,
0:21.4	and hypocrisy going on that day.
0:24.8	The potential lifesaver, very promising final data on a pill-to-treat coronavirus
0:29.8	as a new variant takes hold around the globe, plus a critical flaw, the Biden administration
0:36.3	and major tech companies racing with cybercriminals, with hundreds of millions of the key devices
0:41.3	we all rely on every day at risk.
0:49.7	Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper, and we start today with breaking news at any moment.
0:53.2	The House of Representatives will begin debating whether or not they should hold Mark Meadows
0:58.2	in criminal contempt of Congress.
1:00.7	Later tonight, that vote is expected to pass largely along party lines, leaving Trump's
1:04.9	former White House Chief of Staff in a former congressman himself, facing the very real
1:09.5	possibility of jail time for refusing to testify in front of the committee investigating
1:14.6	the deadly Capitol Ryan.
1:16.3	This debate and vote comes to hours after committee leaders revealed new text messages sent
1:21.8	to Meadows by Republican lawmakers and Fox hosts and even a member of the Trump family,
1:28.0	as that MAGA mob descended upon the Capitol.
1:31.2	All of these Trump allies pleading with Meadows to get then President Trump to tell his
1:35.6	rioting supporters to stand down.
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