Hannity, a well-known media figure and an outspoken Trump supporter, sent text messages to Chief of Staff Meadows on the day of the storm, asking if he could persuade Trump to call on his supporters to end the storm. During the Trump presidency, Hannity was an informal adviser to the president. The two regularly telephoned each other.
Hannity has criticized the storming of the Capitol, but has never criticized Trump for his role in stirring up the crowd in Washington that day. And he has criticized the parliamentary committee investigating the events on January 6.
With the storming, Trump supporters wanted to avoid confirming Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election. The Democrat-dominated House of Representatives committee is investigating the connection between the White House and the Trump supporters who attacked the Capitol.