GREENVILLE — U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy of Greenville said this week he was only relaying a message in November 2020 when he texted then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows about a strategy to help then-President Donald Trump.

Murphy’s text messages came under scrutiny Monday after a national political blog called Talking Points Memo began publishing messages between Meadows and 34 members of Congress that TPM said were about plans to overturn the 2020 election. Meadows turned over the messages to the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.