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The records produced by Meadows leave “no doubt” that the White House knew about the violent riot that was taking place at the Capitol as the chaos unfolded, Cheney said in the meeting.

She and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., read out a series of panicked messages that pro-Trump Fox News hosts, congressional lawmakers and others had sent Meadows during the riot.

“Mark, the president needs to tell people in the Capitol to go home. This is hurting all of us. He is destroying his legacy,” Cheney said, quoting a text from Fox host Laura Ingraham.

“Please get him on TV. Destroying everything you have accomplished,” texted Brian Kilmeade of “Fox & Friends,” according to Cheney.

“Can he make a statement? Ask people to leave the Capitol,” urged Sean Hannity, Cheney said. 

Donald Trump Jr., the former president’s oldest son, texted Meadows “again and again,” Cheney said.

“We need an Oval Office address,” Trump Jr. wrote in one message, according to Cheney. “He’s got to condemn this s— ASAP. The Capitol Police tweet is not enough,” he wrote in another, Cheney said.

“I’m pushing it hard. I agree,” Meadows responded, according to Cheney.

Trump, noted Cheney, did not take action for 187 minutes after the attack began.

Instead of appearing for his scheduled deposition last week, Meadows sued the committee and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., asking the court to invalidate two of the panel’s subpoenas.

Meadows’ legal complaint leans on Trump’s instruction for him not to comply with the subpoena, putting Meadows in the “untenable position of choosing between conflicting privilege claims” put forward by Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden.

Trump has sued to block the National Archives from sending a slew of White House records to the Jan. 6 committee. He argues that the records are protected by executive privilege. Biden, however, waived privilege over those documents.

A federal district court judge and a panel of three federal appeals court judges have rejected Trump’s privilege claims.

The House had already voted to hold former White House senior advisor Steve Bannon in contempt for his own noncompliance with a subpoena issued by the Jan. 6 panel. A federal grand jury subsequently charged Bannon with two counts of contempt of Congress.

Bannon has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of one year in jail and a fine of up to $100,000 for each count. A federal judge set a tentative July 18 start date for Bannon’s trial.

Last week, the select committee voted to advance contempt proceedings for ex-Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, though the investigators also gave him a time extension to comply with the probe.