Watergate sleuth Carl Bernstein says he believes Republicans who texted former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Jan. 6 as the Capitol riot unfolded will be unmasked.

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The identities of these lawmakers, who were imploring Meadows to convince Trump to do something to stop the violence on Capitol Hill, were not disclosed this week when Jan. 6 committee Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney presented samples to the public.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper asked Bernstein, who has reported on a list of GOP lawmakers who privately detest Trump, during a segment Tuesday if the panel hopes to get cooperation from these unnamed lawmakers by dangling their messages.

"I don’t know if that’s the objective. But seriously, what we see here is that there are some Republicans who understand what has happened here and that they will probably be named in the future. I think that it’s inevitable. There might be some negotiating room here," Bernstein said.

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Beyond the text messages of GOP lawmakers imploring Meadows to take action on Jan. 6 is another exchange in which a member of Congress told the Trump aide that a plan to object to President Joe Biden's 2020 victory was "highly controversial."

Meadows replied, "I love it."

Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson said Tuesday a decision on whether to release the names will be made "within a week or so," according to CNN. He also said the text messages Meadows gave to the select committee so far are "just House members" when asked if any senators were involved.