Leaked texts show Hannity say he was ‘at war with’ Fox

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Fox News host Sean Hannity said he was “at war” with his network during the fallout of the 2020 election, newly released text messages between him and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows reveal.

Hannity expressed frustration with Fox News for not airing an ad he cut and appeared to back Meadows’s criticism of then-Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, as seen in a trove of 2,319 text messages between the duo from Election Day 2020 to President Joe Biden’s inauguration published by CNN on Friday. The text messages were provided to the House committee investigating the Capitol riot by Meadows.

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