BREAKING: The House has voted to hold Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. GOP Reps. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and Liz Cheney of Wyoming voted with Democrats.
In an unprecedented move, the House of Representatives recommended that former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, be criminally charged with contempt of Congress.The House voted Tuesday night to hold former President's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack to appear for a deposition.
During debate on the floor Tuesday evening, and earlier in the day, in the House Rules Committee, members of the Jan. 6 select committee released new text messages from the tranche of records Meadows had turned over to the committee. On Jan. 3, Meadows told an unnamed member of Congress that Trump"thinks the legislatures have the power but that the Vp has power too," according to Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., who read the message about the counting of the electoral votes on the House floor.
MORE: In reversal, former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to cooperate with Jan. 6 select committee "Please get him on tv," Fox News host Brian Kilmeade wrote to Meadows."Destroying everything you have accomplished."White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters outside the White House, Oct. 26, 2020, in Washington.
"I have no great desire to be here seeking consideration of this contempt referral. Mr. Meadows was a colleague for more than seven years. But that doesn't excuse his behavior. If anything, his time as a member of the House should make him more aware of the potential consequences of defying a congressional subpoena," Thompson said.
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