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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

GOP congressman texted Mark Meadows calling for Trump to declare ‘marshall law’ over 2020 election

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Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows handed hundreds of text messages to the House select committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol, fuelled by the former president’s baseless narrative that the 2020 election was “stolen” from or “rigged” against him.

A trove of messages that Mr Meadows was ordered to provide the committee include links to far-right websites with dubious legal theories and support for antidemocratic power grabs, according to messages obtained by Talking Points Memo.

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