Jan. 6 panel votes for House to hold Trump aide Mark Meadows in contempt
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White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, in the Oval Office of Washington, DC on April 30, 2020
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For defying an subpoena, the select committee that was investigating Jan. 6 Capitol Riot recommended Monday that Mark Meadows (White House Chief of Staff to President Donald Trump) be placed in contempt of Congress by the House
A bipartisan panel of nine members voted in favor of a report that includes a resolutionRecommendation: The House should find Meadows guilty of contempt and refer him the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution.
The 51-page contempt reportThis exposes Meadows’ inability to comply fully with the subpoena. It requires him to provide a number of records to committee members and to take depositions before investigators.
Bennie Thompson, D.Miss. is flanked by Zoe Lofgren of California and Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming. They spoke during the House Select Committee To Investigate January 6th Committee Full Committee hearing of the “Report Remending That The House of Representatives Cite Mark Randall Meadows Criminal Contempt of Congress”. Monday, December 13th 2021.
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The committee stated that Meadows had given over thousands of records. However, they reversed course and refused to cooperate. Trump claimed Meadows’ testimony was protected under executive privilege.
“When the records raise questions — as these most certainly do — you have to come in and answer those questions,” select committee chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said before the vote in a public meeting Monday evening.
“And then, when it was his turn to obey the law, come into, and give evidence on these questions, he turned around and said that we should pound sand. Thompson stated that he didn’t show up.
Meadows’ records show that there is “no doubt,” that the White House was aware of the violence at Capitol during the chaos, Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) stated in the meeting.
Rep. Adam Schiff of California read out several panicked messages pro Trump Fox News host, lawmakers, and Meadows from their own children during the riot.
“Mark. The president must tell the Capitol people to go home. This is very hurtful for us all. Cheney claimed that he is ruining his legacy, and cited a Fox host Laura Ingraham’s text.
Meadows refused to attend his scheduled deposition last Wednesday and sued Nancy Pelosi, D.Calif. House Speaker, and the committee, asking for the invalidation of two subpoenas.
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