The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot asked Fox News host Sean Hannity to answer questions about newly disclosed texts he sent White House staff in the days before and after the attack. The texts show Hannity expressing concerns about would happen if then-President Donald Trump persisted in challenging the 2020 election results, and giving advice to Trump's aides regarding Jan. 6. The texts, sent to then-chief of staff Mark Meadows and other Trump aides and White House staff, were revealed in a letter from the select committee seeking Hannity's voluntary cooperation with the probe. Information collected by the committee shows Hannity "had advance knowledge regarding President Trump's and his legal team's planning for January 6th," Thompson and Cheney said in the letter. "It also appears that you were expressing concerns and providing advice to the President and certain White House staff regarding that planning.

Source: Fox News January 04, 2022 22:56 UTC