Donald Trump Jr. said his father needed to 'condemn' Capitol violence as it unfolded, Meadows texts reveal

Donald Trump Jr. said in a series of text messages to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that his father needed to 'condemn' the US Capitol insurrection as it unfolded on January 6.

Washington Donald Trump Jr. said in a series of text messages to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that his father needed to"condemn" the US Capitol insurrection as it unfolded.

The messages from Trump Jr. -- which the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot revealed before voting to hold Meadows in contempt of Congress -- provide a window into the kind of urgent messages that top Trump surrogates and officials traded as the riot unfolded. "'He's got to condemn this sh*t ASAP. The Capitol Police tweet is not enough,'" Trump Jr. wrote in one message to Meadows, according to the committee's vice chairwoman, Republican Rep.

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