Newly released texts show Sean Hannity complaining about ‘lunatics’ hurting Trump

Dozens of texts exchanged between Sean Hannity and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows between November 2020 and Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day show the Fox News host growing increasingly exasperated about MAGA “lunatics” pushing Donald Trump to overturn the election results.

The 82 texts were among more than 2,300 of Mr Meadows’ messages obtained by CNN, and reveal that Mr Hannity was initially a committed supporter of efforts to invalidate Mr Biden’s election victory before becoming “fed up”.

The pair discussed getting Fox News chief executive Suzanne Scott on board efforts to push the so-called big lie that Mr Trump had won the election.