Before Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo interviewed then-President Trump in November 2020, she texted her questions to his chief of staff Mark Meadows

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CNN reports that "in one noteworthy text, Bartiromo messaged Meadows on the morning of November 29, less than an hour before she was set to conduct Trump's first interview since Election Day. The text included questions she planned to ask Trump. "Hi the public wants to know he will fight this. They want to hear a path to victory. & he's in control," Bartiromo texted at 9:21 a.m. Trump called into Bartiromo's Fox Business show, Sunday Morning Futures, at 10:12 a.m. A spokesperson for Fox News did not respond to a request for comment. The Nov. 29, 2020 interview was criticized for being too sympathetic, and allowing Trump to speak without Bartiromo asking many questions.