The January 6 committee formed 6 months ago. Here’s what it’s uncovered.

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But it hasn’t been just closed-door interviews, document requests and legal showdowns. Here’s what the panel has produced so far.

Donald Trump Jr., Fox News personalities and lawmakers unsuccessfully implored then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on January 6 to get President Donald Trump to stop the violence unfurling at the US Capitol, according to text messages relayed by the House committee investigating the attack.

The messages were read by committee members on the House floor before referring a criminal contempt of Congress against Meadows to the Justice Department.

Trump Jr. “‘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. Liz Cheney of Wyoming.

Cheney detailed that when Meadows had texted back that he agreed, Trump Jr. said: “We need an…

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