Texts show Marjorie Taylor Greene asked Meadows about martial law
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In mid-January 2021, just days before President Joe Biden's inauguration, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia, texted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to tell him some GOP members of Congress had privately suggested former President Trump should declare martial law, according to texts obtained by CBS News and first reported by CNN. Greene testified last week she does not recall whether she encouraged the president to impose martial law.
"In our private chat with only Members, several are saying the only way to save our Republic is for Trump to call for Marshall law," Greene wrote to Meadows on January 17, 2021. "I don't know on those things. I just wanted you to tell him. They stole this election. We all know. They will destroy our country next. Please tell him to declassify as much as possible so we can go after Biden and anyone else!"
That is one of multiple texts Greene sent to Meadows in the post-election period, around January 6, 2021. Greene also told Meadows "we think" the people who assaulted the Capitol on January 6 "are Antifa" dressed like Trump supporters. Meadows turned over his text messages to the January 6 committee probing the assault and then declined to cooperate further with the committee.
It is unclear from the records whether Meadows responded.
Greene, who is fighting a challenge by constituents to block her from appearing on the Georgia ballot, testified in an administrative hearing Friday that she doesn't remember whether she encouraged the president to impose martial law as a way to remain in power.
"I don't recall," Greene told the court Friday.
Greene texted Meadows during the assault, too. "Mark I was just told there is an active shooter on the first floor of the Capitol Please tell the President to calm people This isn't the way to solve anything," she wrote on January 6, 2021.
On January 7, the day after the assault on the Capitol, Greene texted Meadows that "we tried everything we could in our objection to the 6 states," and she blamed anarchists for the melee at the Capitol, though she offered no evidence to back up her accusation.
"I'm sorry nothing worked," she continued. "I don't think that President Trump caused the attack on the Capitol. It's not his fault. Antifa was mixed in the crowed and instigated it, and safely people followed. But when people try everything and no one listens and nothing works, I guess they think they have no other choice. Absolutely no excuse and I fully denounce all of it, but after shut downs all year and a stolen election, people are saying that they have no other choice. I defended Trump last night on Newsmax. He has been the greatest President. I will continue to defend him. And if anyone attacks you. I hope you are ok. I feel badly for everyone."
"Thanks Marjorie," Meadows responded.
Others texted Meadows on Jan. 6, too, after protesters had breached the Capitol at around 2 p.m. In a text confirmed by CBS News, Donald Trump Jr. texted Meadows, "He's got to condem this s**t. Asap. The captiol police tweet is not enough."
"This his one you go to the mattresses on," Trump Jr. wrote to Meadows. "They will try to f*** his entire legacy on this if it gets worse."
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