Jan. 6 Committee Confirms Schiff Presented Doctored Text Message Between Meadows and Jordan

Jan. 6 Committee Confirms Schiff Presented Doctored Text Message Between Meadows and Jordan
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) holds a news conference shortly after the release of the committee's Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 3, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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The House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol acknowledged on Wednesday that it doctored a text message between former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), excluding content about how they wanted former Vice President Mike Pence to handle electoral votes during the Joint Session of Congress earlier this year.

On Monday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the head of the House Intelligence Committee, showed a graphic during a hearing on newly obtained communications between Meadows and others, including Jordan. The graphic was displayed as the Jan. 6 panel was discussing whether to hold Meadows in contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over information related to the probe.

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