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Calculated Shard: 55 (from laksa096)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa055.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.newsweek.com/melania-trump-unaware-capitol-riot-was-happening-stephanie-grisham-1726952\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.newsweek.com/melania-trump-unaware-capitol-riot-was-happening-stephanie-grisham-1726952\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/melania-trump-unaware-capitol-riot-was-happening-stephanie-grisham-1726952","crawl_time":1774776220,"first_indexed_time":1658442259,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,newsweek!www,\/melania-trump-unaware-capitol-riot-was-happening-stephanie-grisham-1726952 s443","src_root_hash":"10153935897910600055","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Melania Trump Says She Didn’t Know the Capitol Riot Was Happening - Newsweek","meta_descriptions":["Trump's remarks came after her former chief of staff said she declined to tweet a message urging an end to the violence."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Former first lady\nMelania Trump\nsaid that she was not aware that her husband's supporters had attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, as she was fulfilling an official duty at the time.\nIn late June, Trump's former Chief of Staff\nStephanie Grisham\ntweeted out\na screenshot of what she said was a text message exchange from January 6 between her and the former first lady. Grisham in the message asked if Trump wanted to tweet a post saying there is \"no place for lawlessness and violence.\" Trump replied with a simple \"no,\" according to the screenshot.\n\"Knowing her as well as I did at that point, it was so unlike her to not have condemned it, that that was the moment it all kind of broke me,\" Grisham told\nCNN\nafter she shared the post at the end of June. The former Trump administration official said the exchange made her feel \"disappointed and discouraged and sickened.\"\nTrump denied Grisham's account to\nFox News\non Thursday, saying that she did not even know the Capitol was under attack.\n...\n\"On January 6, 2021, I was fulfilling one of my duties as first lady of the United States of America, and accordingly, I was unaware of what was simultaneously transpiring at the U.S. Capitol building,\" she said.\nTrump went on to criticize Grisham. \"Ms. Grisham was not in the White House on January 6, and her behavior in her role as chief of staff ultimately amounts to dereliction of duty,\" she said, adding that \"traditionally, the first lady's chief of staff provides detailed briefings surrounding our nation's important issues.\"\nGrisham resigned\nfrom her White House role on January 6. She has gone on to become a vocal critic of former President\nDonald Trump\nand his administration.\nHundreds of then-President Trump's supporters attacked the Capitol during the riot last year in an apparent effort to disrupt the formal certification of President\nJoe Biden\n's Electoral College victory. The violence came after Trump at a rally near the White House told his supporters to walk to the Capitol and \"fight like hell\" to save their country.\nThe former president and his allies had spent months spreading misinformation about the 2020 election, claiming that it was \"rigged\" or \"stolen.\"\nIn reality\n, audits and recounts, including in places where the election was overseen by pro-Trump\nRepublicans\n, consistently reaffirmed Biden's win. 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Grisham in the message asked if Trump wanted to tweet a post saying there is \"no place for lawlessness and violence.\" Trump replied with a simple \"no,\" according to the screenshot.\n\n\"Knowing her as well as I did at that point, it was so unlike her to not have condemned it, that that was the moment it all kind of broke me,\" Grisham told [CNN](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/cnn) after she shared the post at the end of June. The former Trump administration official said the exchange made her feel \"disappointed and discouraged and sickened.\"\n\nTrump denied Grisham's account to [Fox News](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/fox-news) on Thursday, saying that she did not even know the Capitol was under attack.\n\n![Melania Trump](https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2082894-melania-trump.jpg?w=1600&quality=80&webp=1)\n\n...\n\n\"On January 6, 2021, I was fulfilling one of my duties as first lady of the United States of America, and accordingly, I was unaware of what was simultaneously transpiring at the U.S. Capitol building,\" she said.\n\nTrump went on to criticize Grisham. \"Ms. Grisham was not in the White House on January 6, and her behavior in her role as chief of staff ultimately amounts to dereliction of duty,\" she said, adding that \"traditionally, the first lady's chief of staff provides detailed briefings surrounding our nation's important issues.\"\n\n[Grisham resigned](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/melania-trumps-press-secretary-stephanie-grisham-resigns-after-riot-capitol-1559526) from her White House role on January 6. She has gone on to become a vocal critic of former President [Donald Trump](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/donald-trump) and his administration.\n\n#### Read More\n[![Melania Trump Refused to Condemn Violence on January 6, Former Aide Alleges](https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2067938-melania-trump-stephanie-grisham-january-6-violence.jpg?w=1600&quality=80&webp=1)Melania Trump Refused to Condemn Violence on January 6, Former Aide Alleges4 min read](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/melania-trump-refused-condemn-violence-january-6-former-aide-alleges-1720096)\n\n[![Melania Trump Fumes at Vogue Cover Snub While First Lady: ‘They’re Biased’](https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2037810-donald-melania-trump-pictured-2021.jpg?w=1600&quality=80&webp=1)Melania Trump Fumes at Vogue Cover Snub While First Lady: ‘They’re Biased’3 min read](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/melania-trump-fumes-vogue-cover-snub-first-lady-biased-1706650)\n\n[![Trump ‘Loved to Gossip’ With Ginni Thomas About Who Was Disloyal: Grisham](https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2013796-virginia-thomas.jpg?w=1600&quality=80&webp=1)Trump ‘Loved to Gossip’ With Ginni Thomas About Who Was Disloyal: Grisham5 min read](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-loved-gossip-ginni-thomas-about-who-was-disloyal-grisham-1694487)\n\nHundreds of then-President Trump's supporters attacked the Capitol during the riot last year in an apparent effort to disrupt the formal certification of President [Joe Biden](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/joe-biden)'s Electoral College victory. The violence came after Trump at a rally near the White House told his supporters to walk to the Capitol and \"fight like hell\" to save their country.\n\nThe former president and his allies had spent months spreading misinformation about the 2020 election, claiming that it was \"rigged\" or \"stolen.\" [In reality](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-georgia-indictment-prediction-laurence-tribe-1726833), audits and recounts, including in places where the election was overseen by pro-Trump [Republicans](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/republicans), consistently reaffirmed Biden's win. More than 60 legal challenges filed by the former president and his supporters failed in state and federal courts.\n\nSeveral top Trump administration officials have rejected his claims about the 2020 election.\n\nFormer Attorney General [William Barr](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/william-barr), who was widely viewed as one of Trump's most loyal Cabinet members, has said repeatedly that the claims of widespread voter [fraud are \"bulls\\*\\*t.\"](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/bill-barr-trump-bullshit-election-fraud-claims-new-book-joke-1604496)\n\n\"I thought, boy, if he really believes this stuff, he has lost contact with—he's become detached from reality if he really believes this stuff,\" [Barr testified](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-made-admission-he-knew-jan-6-mob-ready-hurt-people-kirschner-1720063) before the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol.\n\n[Request Reprint & Licensing](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/contact)\n\nSubmit 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January 6 between her and the former first lady. Grisham in the message asked if Trump wanted to tweet a post saying there is \"no place for lawlessness and violence.\" Trump replied with a simple \"no,\" according to the screenshot.\n\n\"Knowing her as well as I did at that point, it was so unlike her to not have condemned it, that that was the moment it all kind of broke me,\" Grisham told [CNN](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/cnn) after she shared the post at the end of June. The former Trump administration official said the exchange made her feel \"disappointed and discouraged and sickened.\"\n\nTrump denied Grisham's account to [Fox News](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/fox-news) on Thursday, saying that she did not even know the Capitol was under attack.\n\n![Melania Trump](https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2082894-melania-trump.jpg?w=1600&quality=80&webp=1)\n\n...\n\n\"On January 6, 2021, I was fulfilling one of my duties as first lady of the United States of America, and accordingly, I was unaware of what was simultaneously transpiring at the U.S. Capitol building,\" she said.\n\nTrump went on to criticize Grisham. \"Ms. Grisham was not in the White House on January 6, and her behavior in her role as chief of staff ultimately amounts to dereliction of duty,\" she said, adding that \"traditionally, the first lady's chief of staff provides detailed briefings surrounding our nation's important issues.\"\n\n[Grisham resigned](https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/melania-trumps-press-secretary-stephanie-grisham-resigns-after-riot-capitol-1559526) from her White House role on January 6. 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Boilerpipe Text	Former first lady Melania Trump said that she was not aware that her husband's supporters had attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, as she was fulfilling an official duty at the time. In late June, Trump's former Chief of Staff Stephanie Grisham tweeted out a screenshot of what she said was a text message exchange from January 6 between her and the former first lady. Grisham in the message asked if Trump wanted to tweet a post saying there is "no place for lawlessness and violence." Trump replied with a simple "no," according to the screenshot. "Knowing her as well as I did at that point, it was so unlike her to not have condemned it, that that was the moment it all kind of broke me," Grisham told CNN after she shared the post at the end of June. The former Trump administration official said the exchange made her feel "disappointed and discouraged and sickened." Trump denied Grisham's account to Fox News on Thursday, saying that she did not even know the Capitol was under attack. ... "On January 6, 2021, I was fulfilling one of my duties as first lady of the United States of America, and accordingly, I was unaware of what was simultaneously transpiring at the U.S. Capitol building," she said. Trump went on to criticize Grisham. "Ms. Grisham was not in the White House on January 6, and her behavior in her role as chief of staff ultimately amounts to dereliction of duty," she said, adding that "traditionally, the first lady's chief of staff provides detailed briefings surrounding our nation's important issues." Grisham resigned from her White House role on January 6. She has gone on to become a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump and his administration. Hundreds of then-President Trump's supporters attacked the Capitol during the riot last year in an apparent effort to disrupt the formal certification of President Joe Biden 's Electoral College victory. The violence came after Trump at a rally near the White House told his supporters to walk to the Capitol and "fight like hell" to save their country. The former president and his allies had spent months spreading misinformation about the 2020 election, claiming that it was "rigged" or "stolen." In reality , audits and recounts, including in places where the election was overseen by pro-Trump Republicans , consistently reaffirmed Biden's win. More than 60 legal challenges filed by the former president and his supporters failed in state and federal courts. Several top Trump administration officials have rejected his claims about the 2020 election. Former Attorney General William Barr , who was widely viewed as one of Trump's most loyal Cabinet members, has said repeatedly that the claims of widespread voter fraud are "bulls**t." "I thought, boy, if he really believes this stuff, he has lost contact with—he's become detached from reality if he really believes this stuff," Barr testified before the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
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In late June, Trump's former Chief of Staff [Stephanie Grisham](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/stephanie-grisham) [tweeted out](https://twitter.com/OMGrisham/status/1541854511203241984) a screenshot of what she said was a text message exchange from January 6 between her and the former first lady. Grisham in the message asked if Trump wanted to tweet a post saying there is "no place for lawlessness and violence." Trump replied with a simple "no," according to the screenshot. "Knowing her as well as I did at that point, it was so unlike her to not have condemned it, that that was the moment it all kind of broke me," Grisham told [CNN](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/cnn) after she shared the post at the end of June. The former Trump administration official said the exchange made her feel "disappointed and discouraged and sickened." Trump denied Grisham's account to [Fox News](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/fox-news) on Thursday, saying that she did not even know the Capitol was under attack. ![Melania Trump](https://assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2082894-melania-trump.jpg?w=1600&quality=80&webp=1) ... "On January 6, 2021, I was fulfilling one of my duties as first lady of the United States of America, and accordingly, I was unaware of what was simultaneously transpiring at the U.S. Capitol building," she said. Trump went on to criticize Grisham. "Ms. Grisham was not in the White House on January 6, and her behavior in her role as chief of staff ultimately amounts to dereliction of duty," she said, adding that "traditionally, the first lady's chief of staff provides detailed briefings surrounding our nation's important issues." [Grisham resigned](https://www.newsweek.com/melania-trumps-press-secretary-stephanie-grisham-resigns-after-riot-capitol-1559526) from her White House role on January 6. She has gone on to become a vocal critic of former President [Donald Trump](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/donald-trump) and his administration. #### Read More [![Melania Trump Refused to Condemn Violence on January 6, Former Aide Alleges](https://assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2067938-melania-trump-stephanie-grisham-january-6-violence.jpg?w=1600&quality=80&webp=1)Melania Trump Refused to Condemn Violence on January 6, Former Aide Alleges4 min read](https://www.newsweek.com/melania-trump-refused-condemn-violence-january-6-former-aide-alleges-1720096) [![Melania Trump Fumes at Vogue Cover Snub While First Lady: ‘They’re Biased’](https://assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2037810-donald-melania-trump-pictured-2021.jpg?w=1600&quality=80&webp=1)Melania Trump Fumes at Vogue Cover Snub While First Lady: ‘They’re Biased’3 min read](https://www.newsweek.com/melania-trump-fumes-vogue-cover-snub-first-lady-biased-1706650) [![Trump ‘Loved to Gossip’ With Ginni Thomas About Who Was Disloyal: Grisham](https://assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2013796-virginia-thomas.jpg?w=1600&quality=80&webp=1)Trump ‘Loved to Gossip’ With Ginni Thomas About Who Was Disloyal: Grisham5 min read](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-loved-gossip-ginni-thomas-about-who-was-disloyal-grisham-1694487) Hundreds of then-President Trump's supporters attacked the Capitol during the riot last year in an apparent effort to disrupt the formal certification of President [Joe Biden](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/joe-biden)'s Electoral College victory. The violence came after Trump at a rally near the White House told his supporters to walk to the Capitol and "fight like hell" to save their country. The former president and his allies had spent months spreading misinformation about the 2020 election, claiming that it was "rigged" or "stolen." [In reality](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-georgia-indictment-prediction-laurence-tribe-1726833), audits and recounts, including in places where the election was overseen by pro-Trump [Republicans](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/republicans), consistently reaffirmed Biden's win. More than 60 legal challenges filed by the former president and his supporters failed in state and federal courts. Several top Trump administration officials have rejected his claims about the 2020 election. Former Attorney General [William Barr](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/william-barr), who was widely viewed as one of Trump's most loyal Cabinet members, has said repeatedly that the claims of widespread voter [fraud are "bulls\\t."](https://www.newsweek.com/bill-barr-trump-bullshit-election-fraud-claims-new-book-joke-1604496) "I thought, boy, if he really believes this stuff, he has lost contact with—he's become detached from reality if he really believes this stuff," [Barr testified](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-made-admission-he-knew-jan-6-mob-ready-hurt-people-kirschner-1720063) before the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol. 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Readable Markdown	Former first lady [Melania Trump](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/melania-trump) said that she was not aware that her husband's supporters had attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, as she was fulfilling an official duty at the time. In late June, Trump's former Chief of Staff [Stephanie Grisham](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/stephanie-grisham) [tweeted out](https://twitter.com/OMGrisham/status/1541854511203241984) a screenshot of what she said was a text message exchange from January 6 between her and the former first lady. Grisham in the message asked if Trump wanted to tweet a post saying there is "no place for lawlessness and violence." Trump replied with a simple "no," according to the screenshot. "Knowing her as well as I did at that point, it was so unlike her to not have condemned it, that that was the moment it all kind of broke me," Grisham told [CNN](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/cnn) after she shared the post at the end of June. The former Trump administration official said the exchange made her feel "disappointed and discouraged and sickened." Trump denied Grisham's account to [Fox News](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/fox-news) on Thursday, saying that she did not even know the Capitol was under attack. ![Melania Trump](https://assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2082894-melania-trump.jpg?w=1600&quality=80&webp=1) ... "On January 6, 2021, I was fulfilling one of my duties as first lady of the United States of America, and accordingly, I was unaware of what was simultaneously transpiring at the U.S. Capitol building," she said. Trump went on to criticize Grisham. "Ms. Grisham was not in the White House on January 6, and her behavior in her role as chief of staff ultimately amounts to dereliction of duty," she said, adding that "traditionally, the first lady's chief of staff provides detailed briefings surrounding our nation's important issues." [Grisham resigned](https://www.newsweek.com/melania-trumps-press-secretary-stephanie-grisham-resigns-after-riot-capitol-1559526) from her White House role on January 6. She has gone on to become a vocal critic of former President [Donald Trump](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/donald-trump) and his administration. Hundreds of then-President Trump's supporters attacked the Capitol during the riot last year in an apparent effort to disrupt the formal certification of President [Joe Biden](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/joe-biden)'s Electoral College victory. The violence came after Trump at a rally near the White House told his supporters to walk to the Capitol and "fight like hell" to save their country. The former president and his allies had spent months spreading misinformation about the 2020 election, claiming that it was "rigged" or "stolen." [In reality](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-georgia-indictment-prediction-laurence-tribe-1726833), audits and recounts, including in places where the election was overseen by pro-Trump [Republicans](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/republicans), consistently reaffirmed Biden's win. More than 60 legal challenges filed by the former president and his supporters failed in state and federal courts. Several top Trump administration officials have rejected his claims about the 2020 election. Former Attorney General [William Barr](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/william-barr), who was widely viewed as one of Trump's most loyal Cabinet members, has said repeatedly that the claims of widespread voter [fraud are "bulls\\t."](https://www.newsweek.com/bill-barr-trump-bullshit-election-fraud-claims-new-book-joke-1604496) "I thought, boy, if he really believes this stuff, he has lost contact with—he's become detached from reality if he really believes this stuff," [Barr testified](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-made-admission-he-knew-jan-6-mob-ready-hurt-people-kirschner-1720063) before the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
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