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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Feinberg

Sean Hannity urged White House aides to end ‘stolen election talk’ around Trump in text messages after Jan 6

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Fox News host Sean Hannity sent a post-Capitol riot text message to then-White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany urging her and other top aides to then-president Donald Trump to stop “stolen election talk” and keep “crazy people” away from him.

Mr Hannity’s 7 January message laid out what Ms McEnany called a “playbook” for conversations with Mr Trump during his final days in office.

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