Jordan, a fierce ally and defender of Donald Trump, verified through his spokesman that on January 5, he texted Meadows, Trump's Chief of Staff, with guidance on certifying the election.
The text was a three-paragraph summary of a longer legal argument sent to Jordan by attorney Joseph Schmitz.
Jordan then delivered Schmitz's argument to Meadows.
Back then, Trump was desperately pursuing a way to prevent his Vice President, Pence, from approving the results of the November vote in Congress - usually, a routine and uneventful procedure.
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The text was read out on Monday by Adam Schiff, a member of the January 6 Committee, which is looking into events surrounding the insurrection.
Schiff read: "On January 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence, as President of the Senate, should call out all electoral votes that he believes are unconstitutional as no electoral votes at all."
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Schiff announced the text was from "a lawmaker" - on Wednesday, Russell Dye, a spokesman for Jordan, told CNN: "Mr. Jordan forwarded the text to Mr. Meadows, and Mr. Meadows certainly knew it was a forward."
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Schiff, Chair of the House Intelligence Committee and a member of the January 6 Committee, read only part of the three-paragraph message.
His team added a period at the end of the text, leading The Federalist to state that the text had been "doctored."
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Critics of the Committee, who claim that it is an anti-Trump witch hunt, focused on the period at the end of the sentence, insisting it was a twisting of Jordan's message.
"We shouldn't be surprised given his actions over the past five years and given how my emails magically had their dates changed, but he will continue to do this till someone steps up & says enough!" announced Donald Trump Jr, the former president's son.
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An Arizona congressman and avidly pro-Trump Republican, Andy Biggs tweeted: "Adam Schiff and his staff doctored a text message between @Jim_Jordan and @MarkMeadows."
"Expect a lot more of this. Schiff and the contemptible Jan6 committee will twist and smear the narrative every chance they get."
On Wednesday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson reported that the Committee had been "doctoring evidence," and reporter Kevin Corke detailed The Federalist report.
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