Marjorie Taylor Greene

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., urged former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to have former President Donald Trump declare martial law after his 2020 election loss in order to keep the former president in office.

Her plea, first reported by CNN, came January 17, weeks after the Capitol riot, when Greene texted Meadows that she and a number of Republicans felt that declaring a police state was "the only way to save our Republic."

On Monday's edition of CNN's "The Lead," anchor Jake Tapper and correspondent Melanie Zanona discussed the efforts by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to cover his lies about his private conversations urging former President Donald Trump to resign.

"Moments ago at the press conference on the border, you asked McCarthy about the big story involving McCarthy, the audio revealing that he had in fact told House Republicans that he would recommend that Donald Trump resign after January 6th," said Tapper. "That's something that McCarthy brazenly had denied and it's been proven publicly that he was lying. What did McCarthy have to say?"

The attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 terrified many people, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) also felt "exhilarated" that it would end former President Donald Trump's political career, reported the Washington Post citing a new book about it.

“I feel exhilarated by the fact that this fellow finally, totally discredited himself,” McConnell told New York Times reporter Jonathan Martin, for the new book, This Will Not Pass.

CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday reacted in horror to newly released text messages showing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) floated the possibility of former President Donald Trump declaring martial law just days before he was due to leave office.

While discussing the texts with Tapper, CNN's Jamie Gangel read Greene's full text to former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows on January 17th, 2021.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Friday told a court that she couldn't recall whether she'd discussed having former President Donald Trump declare martial law -- and on Monday, leaked text messages showed she asked former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows about that exact possibility.

Appearing on MSNBC Monday, former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance said Greene appeared "too cute by half," in her court appearance, and it could get her into some hot water.

During an appearance in MSNBC this Monday, legal analyst Joyce Vance was asked about Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's recent testimony at a hearing to determine her eligibility to run for reelection. According to Vance, her testimony was "certainly telling," but she doesn't think the far-right lawmaker committed perjury.

"But it's an important piece of testimony because it exposed the fact that for those of us who were the jury of public opinion as opposed to a jury in a legal proceeding, it's very clear when you watch that testimony where there's a lot of effort to be too cute by half, to outsmart the questioner, and so this repeated invocation of a bad memory when there are relatively recent text messages, again, provides some very interesting context for the [Jan. 6 committee] to use as it tells this story to the American people," Vance said. "There's very little doubt that [Greene] had set herself up as an arbiter of information between what was going on in the caucus that she was newly a part of and the White House. There's a lot of interesting yet to come to light there."

House conservatives discussed the possibility that Donald Trump could declare martial law to remain in power, and they're concerned about those conversations leaking into public.

CNN obtained more than 2,300 texts between former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and various Trump allies and family members, and one of those shows Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-A) discussing those group chats among GOP lawmakers.

Thousands of newly revealed text messages show former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows coordinating efforts to overturn Donald Trump's election loss -- and the panicked reactions of the former president's family and allies as the Jan. 6 insurrection raged.

CNN obtained 2,319 text messages Meadows exchanged with various figures in Trump's orbit between Election Day and Inauguration Day, revealing their efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and their fear as that resulted in a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol.

After the arrest of Florida Proud Boy Barry Bennet Ramey, 38, for his participating in the Jan. 6. Capitol riot, an FBI affidavit in connection to his case states that "multiple confidential human sources" have provided information, including a "master list" of Proud Boys operating locally in Florida, the Miami New Times reports.

Speaking to the New Times, a Miami Proud Boy said that the far-right group has deleted Ramey from all Proud Boys communication channels and is now clearing out its online chat rooms in an effort to erase its digital footprint. It's also kicking out a bunch of members from its ranks.

Thousands of newly revealed text messages show former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was in contact with Donald Trump's family, Republican lawmakers, conservative media figures and election fraud conspiracists between the November 2020 election and President Joe Biden's inauguration.

CNN has obtained 2,319 text messages between Meadows and various figures in Trump's orbit, including the former president's children and more than 40 current and former GOP lawmakers -- such as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).

According to the Atlantic's Russell Berman, there is increasing nervousness among the Republican Party's Senate leadership that a good shot at reclaiming the chamber may elude them due to an increasing slate of controversial candidates who voters will find unappealing.

Case in point, Berman wrote, is how Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's recently answered his own question. "How could you screw this up?” McConnel asked, before stating, “It’s actually possible. And we’ve had some experience with that in the past.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) repeatedly claimed she didn't remember her actions and statements supporting Donald Trump's attempt to remain in the White House, but her critics say that her denials strain credibility.

MSNBC columnist Steve Benen said the Georgia Republican, who's being sued by a group of constituents who say she should be removed from the ballot for backing insurrection, should be able to remember whether or not she asked the president to declare martial law to overturn his election loss.

There's no shortage of outlandish characters in Donald Trump world, but perhaps none more so than Forgiato Blow.

Blow, whose real name is Kurt Jantz, is not Trump's nephew - even though his leather vest is adorned with a patch declaring a familial relationship. The heavily-tattooed 38-year-old has declared himself the "Mayor of MAGAville," mostly because he's a recording studio machine making rap songs praising the former president and all aspects of his Trumpian MAGA culture. "Trump Nephew" is the title of his latest album.